To be clear, the jewels were purely ceremonial—the king has his own. They were gifted in 1830 by William IV to the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, Ireland’s landowning pro-union elite.

The Irish Crown Jewels consisted of a star and a badge encrusted with diamonds, emeralds and rubies. They had great symbolic value, as well as being worth millions at today's prices.

The Crown Jewels Commission (Ireland) tried to get to the bottom of the matter but the main finding of its report was that Vicars had not exercised proper care as the custodian of the regalia.

The disappearance of the Irish Crown Jewels in 1907 remains unsolved. ... Over a century later, and many decades since Ireland has shaken off its monarchical shackles, ...

Why Thomas Blood wanted the Crown Jewels. Thomas “Colonel” Blood fought in the Irish Confederate Wars, supporting freedom for Ireland and the removal of British rule.

Colonel Blood and The Crown Jewels Heist Born in Ireland in 1618, Thomas Blood was a soldier and aristocrat who fought alongside the monarchists during the English Civil War.

The unsolved theft of the Irish Crown Jewels particularly fascinatesconspiracy theorists. A new book on the saga links it to an extensive homosexual network and a plan by unionists to thwart Home ...

Four days before King Edward VII's visit to Ireland in 1907, the Crown Jewels of Ireland went missing. They've never been recovered. The tale features royal jewels, bumbling aristocrats, and no less ...