The Strange Case of The Irish Crown Jewels

Name: The Strange Case of The Irish Crown Jewels
Director: Gerry Nelson
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2003-11-08
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Paul Begg, John Cafferky, Matt Cook, Myles Dungan, Peter Galloway

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The Strange Case of The Irish Crown Jewels

*7.0

Status

Released

Production

RTÉ

Aired

2003-11-08

The Strange Case of The Irish Crown Jewels

The story of ‘the greatest single blow against British Imperialism of its time’. A cocktail of jewel thefts, cover-ups and a Royal gay scandal that threatened to rock the British Monarchy to its foundations. The Irish Crown Jewels were stolen by Frank Shackleton, brother of famous polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and this film is a wonderful historical who-dunnit, investigating the evidence, theories, conspiracies and hoaxes surrounding the theft.

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