- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Mercier Press; illustrated edition edition (30 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 185635511X
- ISBN-13: 978-1856355117
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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COJNSPIRACY, BETRAYAL & RETRIBUTIONA gripping true story of conspiracy, bloodletting intrigue, execution and revenge, The Phoenix Park Murders tells the story of the most infamous crime of nineteenth century Ireland when assassins wielding deadly surgical knives killed two men walking in the Phoenix Park on 6 May 1882.One of the dead is the new chief secretary for Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, a close relative of Prime Minister William Everett Gladstone. The other is Thomas Henry Burke, head of the Irish Civil Service, a man denounced by Nationalists as a leading 'Castle Rat' in the British administration. The government and police must solve this crime. But there are no clues. The witness descriptions are inconclusive and city detectives do not know where to begin. Forensic evidence is non-existant, and they must attempt to penetrate the dangerous Fenian underworld. But even here no one knows anything because the audacious crime has been carried out by an entirely new group, one styling itself the 'Irish Invincibles'.
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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Political murder in ireland,
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This review is from: Phoenix Park Murders: Murder, Betrayal and Retribution (Paperback)
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?,
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This review is from: Phoenix Park Murders: Murder, Betrayal and Retribution (Paperback)
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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