PHOENIX PARK

PHOENIX PARK
   a magnificent public park of 2000 acres in Dublin; is much used for military reviews; it was rendered notorious in 1882 through the murder by the "Invincibles" of Lord Frederick Cavendish, who had just been appointed Irish Secretary, and his subordinate, Thomas Burke.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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