Irish National Invincibles

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The Irish National Invincibles were a radical Irish nationalist secret society in the 1880s best known for assassinating top British officials in Dublin’s Phoenix Park as part of the struggle for Irish independence.

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Label Occurrences
Irish National Invincibles canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish nationalist organization ⓘ
secret society ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
activeInDecade 1880s ⓘ
basedIn Dublin ⓘ
consequence arrest and execution of several members ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1882-05-06 ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
hasReputation radical wing of Irish nationalism ⓘ
historicalPeriod Land War in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Irish Land War
ideology Irish nationalism ⓘ
legalStatus illegal organization ⓘ
locationOfActivity Dublin ⓘ
Phoenix Park ⓘ
motive Irish independence ⓘ
resistance to British administration in Ireland ⓘ
movement Irish republicanism ⓘ
notableEvent assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish ⓘ
assassination of Thomas Henry Burke ⓘ
notableFor Phoenix Park Murders ⓘ
opposedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
opposedTo British rule in Ireland ⓘ
partOf Irish republican movement ⓘ
region United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
resultOfActivities increased security measures in Dublin ⓘ
public outcry in Britain and Ireland ⓘ
secretSocietyType clandestine paramilitary group ⓘ
targeted British officials in Ireland ⓘ
usedMethod political assassination ⓘ
usedWeapon knives ⓘ
victim Lord Frederick Cavendish ⓘ
Thomas Henry Burke ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Frederick Cavendish → victimOf → Irish National Invincibles ⓘ
Phoenix Park Murders → perpetrator → Irish National Invincibles ⓘ
Phoenix Park Murders → organisedBy → Irish National Invincibles ⓘ
Phoenix Park murders → perpetrator → Irish National Invincibles ⓘ
subject linked to: Phoenix Park murders 1882