The Strange Case of The Irish Crown Jewels
“Ireland's Crown Jewels: the case of the King, the courtiers and the gay cover-up”
2003•52m•7.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Gerry Nelson
Writer
Gerry Nelson
Studio
RTÉ
Cast
Paul Begg
self
John Cafferky
self
Matt Cook
self as Dr. Matt Cook
Myles Dungan
self
Peter Galloway
self as Dr. Peter Galloway
Kevin Hannafin
self
Susan Hood
self as Dr. Susan Hood
Scott MacMillan
self
Michael McElhatton
narrator
Production
Company
RTÉ
Company
History UK
Company
History Canada
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