The Invincibles

The Phoenix Park Assassinations and the Conspiracy that Shook an Empire

Dr Shane Kenna author Ruán O'Donnell editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:O'Brien Press Ltd

Published:25th Feb '19

Should be back in stock very soon

The Invincibles cover

‘Britain in Ireland is a beast exceeding terrible; his feet and claws are of iron,’ The Invincibles

In an Ireland still reeling from years of famine, with tenant farmers being evicted and left to starve for their inability to pay exorbitant rents, revolutionary fervour was growing. An inner circle of the IRB was formed, a secret assassination squad within a secret society – the Irish National Invincibles. Their mission was to strike at the heart of British Imperial power, to kill the figureheads of Ireland’s oppressors.

On their way home from a triumphal parade through the city, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, two of the heads of the establishment, were set upon and stabbed to death in the Phoenix Park. These killings would shake the Empire to its core, and shape the following decades of Irish history.

well-researched … readable … almost a crime novel

* Tirconaill Tribune *

terrific. Kenna has married his deep, exhaustive scholarship of the subject with his natural storytelling skills to produce a hugely authoritative work that should be a magnet to the popular reader and the specialist

* History Ireland *

this book is Kenna’s fitting testament

* Irish Times *

a detailed and highly readable book … His deep knowledge of Republicanism of this period is reflected in the book … Readers already familiar with the subject will find new insight for Kenna provides fresh understanding, based on detailed research

* The Pensive Quill *

a detailed and highly readable book [from] one of the specialists of Fenianism and late Victorian Republicanism .. Readers already familiar with the subject will find new insight for Kenna provides fresh understanding, based on detailed research

-- Dr. Dieter Reinisch * An Spreach Magazine *

well-researched study is sober in judgement and rich in detail

-- Irish Exam

ISBN: 9781788490603

Dimensions: 228mm x 155mm x 32mm

Weight: 618g

336 pages