Great Britain · Politics / Irish Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Parnell says the Times letter linking him to the Phoenix Park murders is a forgery. Accused by the British newspaper The Times of support for the brutal murders in May 1882 of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Cavendish and the Under Secretary Burke in Dublins Phoenix Park
A commission investigates Parnells involvement in the Phoenix Park murders
The letter in the Times condeming Parnell is judged to be a forgery by Richard Pigott. Cleared of the Phoenix Park murders
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