phoenix park murders

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Definition of phoenix park murders in English English dictionary

(May 6, 1882) Assassination in Dublin of British officials. The newly arrived chief secretary of Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, and his undersecretary, Thomas Burke, were walking in Dublin's Phoenix Park when they were stabbed to death by members of the Invincibles, a radical Irish nationalist secret society. The murders caused a revulsion against terrorism and enabled Charles Stewart Parnell to subordinate the Irish National League to the more moderate Home Rule Party in Parliament

Hyphenation

Phoe·nix park murders

Turkish pronunciation

finîks pärk mırdırz

Pronunciation

/ˈfēnəks ˈpärk ˈmərdərz/ /ˈfiːnɪks ˈpɑːrk ˈmɜrdɜrz/