English:
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.