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The Phoenix Park Murders: Political Assassination In Dublin: Murder, Betrayal and Retribution
 
 
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The Phoenix Park Murders: Political Assassination In Dublin: Murder, Betrayal and Retribution [Kindle Edition]

Senan Molony (Author)
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Story of the assassination of the Number One administrator of the British government in Ireland and his Number Two. 06 May, 1882, the Number One administrator of the British government in Ireland and his Number Two are assassinated by men wielding deadly surgical knives while the pair are walking in the Phoenix Park.

The killings are witnessed from the Viceregal Lodge, now Aras an Uachtarain, the official residence of her majesty's representative in Ireland.

One of the dead men is Lord Frederick Cavendish - who is married to the niece of the prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone. The other man is Thomas Henry Burke, the head of the Irish Civil Service, a man denounced by Nationalists as the leading 'Castle Rat' in the British 'occupation'.

The British government must solve this crime. But there are no clues. The witness descriptions are inconclusive and the local police do not know where to begin...

About the Author

Senan Molony lives in Dublin and is a political correspondant with the Irish Independent. Born in Dublin in 1963, he is married with three children. He formerly worked with the Irish Press, Evening Herald, and Star newspapers and has contributed a host of articles to newspapers, magazines and websites in this country and abroad. He is the author of Lusitania, an Irish Tragedy and The Irish Aboard Titanic.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 5240 KB
  • Print Length: 285 pages
  • Publisher: Mercier Press (15 Dec 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004INH5B2
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #174,333 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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By B. DANE
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Clear and easy to read account of the murder of senior Government officals in Dublin's phoenix park. The story is a true account of the events and subsequent trial process with an interesting twist.
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Missing American Pieces of the Puzzle? 25 Jun 2007
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I had anticipated this book, and to say I was disappointed would be an understatement. Corfe's earlier book on the subject was very shallow and I expected Moloney's book to be more insightful. Having read the prosecution's testimony, I became aware that the Crown desperately wanted to connect the American Clan-na-Gael to the Irish Invincibles. This was because of the dynamite campaign the C-n-G ran in England. Several American newspaper reporters who heard Carey's testimony in court felted that Carey's testimony was staged and rehearsed--nothing from Mr. Molony. Molony aalso used the English edition of Tynan's book for reference. Any serious scholar knows the English edition was abridged--the American edition is the more revealing. The Irish-American newspaper sketch of O'Donnell (who killed Carey) mentioned that O'Donnell spent much of his time in Philadelphia. Philadelphia and NYC were the main headquarters of the Clan-na-Gael. "Dynamite" Luke Dillon, a former American soldier, trips to lived in Philadelphia and made two successful missions to England during the dynamite campaign. Along with O'Donovan Rossa, Dillon had a clear Philadelphia connection. And Philadelphia was not so infiltrated by English agents. So was O'Donnell's murder a mission or an accident? Mr. Molony, the Fenian Brotherhood of America was moribund by 1880 and ecliped by the Clan-na-Gael....
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