Invincibles

The Phoenix Park Assassinations and the Conspiracy that Shook an Empire

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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‘Britain in Ireland is a beast exceeding terrible; his feet and claws are of iron,’ The InvinciblesIn an Ireland still reeling from years of famine, with tenant farmers being evicted and left to starve for their inability to pay exorbitant rents, revolutionary fervour was growing. An inner circle of the IRB was formed, a secret assassination squad within a secret society – the Irish National Invincibles. Their mission was to strike at the heart of British Imperial power, to kill the figureheads of Ireland’s oppressors.On their way home from a triumphal parade through the city, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, two of the heads of the establishment, were set upon and stabbed to death in the Phoenix Park. These killings would shake the Empire to its core, and shape the following decades of Irish history.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-02-25
Mått155 x 228 x 32 mm
Vikt618 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagO'Brien Press Ltd
MedarbetareGillis,Liz
ISBN9781788490603

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Shane Kenna was a Doctor of modern Irish history with an interest in late Victorian and Edwardian Irish nationalism. He was a regular speaker at international academic conferences, a media presence with Newstalk Radio, Near FM, BBC Radio 4 and published author who wrote for Irish Academic Press, The O'Brien Press, History Ireland, the BBC History Magazine and Kilmainham Tales.Shane lectured at Trinity College, Dublin and Saor Ollscoil na hÉireann University and also designed modules on Irish history for the American College, Arcadia University, as well as organising and managing several courses on Modern History.He died in February 2017.RUAN O'DONNELL is head of the History Department at the University of Limerick & the official historian of the Robert Emmet Association. He has written for The Irish Times and several historical publications.

Remembering Dr Shane Kenna – Liz Gillis page 9Introduction – Dr Ruan O’Donnell 111 Background to the Invincibles 152 The Genesis of the Invincibles 473 The Phoenix Park Assassinations 664 The Investigation 785 Cracks in the Conspiracy 118THE TRIALS5 Joe Brady 1606 Daniel Curley 1737 Timothy Kelly 1818 Michael Fagan 1879 ‘Skin the Goat’ – James Fitzharris 19510 Thomas Caffrey & Patrick Delaney 20211 Edward O’Brien & Peter Doyle 20812 James Mullet, William Moroney & Laurence Hanlon 21013 Timothy Kelly 21414 Joseph Mullet 230The Executions15 Joe Brady 24216 Daniel Curley 24817 Michael Fagan 25418 Thomas Caffrey 25819 Timothy Kelly 262THE Aftermath20 Carey’s Flight 27021 The Reaction 28122 The Execution of Patrick O’Donnell 299Afterword – Aidan Lambert 307Editor’s Note 309Endnotes 311Acknowledgements 323Index 325