Keywords: Thomas Henry Burke.jpg Thomas Henry Burke 1829-May 6 1882 was Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office for many years before being killed during the Phoenix Park Murders on Saturday May 6 1882 The killing was carried out by a Irish republican organisation called the Irish National Invincibles The newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland Lord Frederick Cavendish although not the intended victim was assassinated alongside him while they walked through Phoenix Park in Dublin The victims were slashed and stabbed about the neck and chest with surgical blades http //www casebook org/dissertations/rip-jsfmboe html Author 1882 he died that year PD-old Thomas Henry Burke civil servant |