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The Strange Case of The Irish Crown Jewels

Ireland's Crown Jewels: the case of the King, the courtiers and the gay cover-up

200352m7.0 (1)
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.

Crew

GN

Gerry Nelson

Director

GN

Gerry Nelson

Writer

Cast

PB

Paul Begg

self

JC

John Cafferky

self

MC

Matt Cook

self as Dr. Matt Cook

MD

Myles Dungan

self

PG

Peter Galloway

self as Dr. Peter Galloway

KH

Kevin Hannafin

self

SH

Susan Hood

self as Dr. Susan Hood

SM

Scott MacMillan

self

Michael McElhatton

Michael McElhatton

narrator

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