# The Irish Crown Jewels Robbery: Ireland’s Crime of the Century? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-irish-crown-jewels-robbery-ireland-s-crime-of-the-century Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-irish-crown-jewels-robbery-ireland-s-crime-of-the-century.md Podcast: [Irish History Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168) Published: 2026-06-24T03:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/irishhistory/episodes/the-irish-crown-jewels-robbery-irelands-crime-of-the-century Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/irishhistory/e/6a3a9b63fe0235be574a0945/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/irish-history-podcast-778168/episodes/the-irish-crown-jewels-robbery-ireland-s-crime-of-the-century Duration seconds: 2842 ## Resource In the summer of 1907, the Irish Crown Jewels were stolen from the heart of British power in Ireland, under the noses of the police, the military and the political establishment. Worth £50,000 at the time, their disappearance made headlines around the world. It was also deeply humiliating for the British authorities, coming just days before King Edward VII was due to visit Dublin. On the surface, it seemed like the perfect crime. The jewels were never recovered, and more than a century later, it remains unclear exactly when the theft even took place. But behind the mystery lay something even more explosive. Within days, detectives uncovered a scandal the British government could not afford to make public. This would lead to a major cover-up. In this episode, I take you back to Edwardian Dublin to explore Ireland’s most infamous unsolved crime: a story of privilege, scandal and secrecy at the heart of British rule in Ireland. Sound by Kate Dunlea Support the podcast: patreon.com/Irishpodcast. Sources: Myles Dungan, The stealing of the Irish Crown Jewels: an unsolved crime https://www.amazon.com/stealing-Irish-Crown-Jewels-unsolved-ebook/dp/B00C80K09G/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bOREnIOZl9l8Nl9OFsawFw.NpvKSTSvbFr7u5uAzCkP6Ex_SzFeGsfO5PF1fPu5Bsg&dib_tag=se&keywords=9781860591822&linkCode=qs&qid=1781869038&s=books&sr=1-1 F. Bamford & Viola Banks Vicious circle; the case of the missing Irish crown jewels https://archive.org/details/viciouscircle0000unse/page/202/mode/2up Bulmer Hobson Burean of Military History Witness Statement https://bmh.militaryarchives.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS1089.pdf#page=2 Sean Murphy A Centenary Report on the Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels in 1907 https://www.academia.edu/9802230/A_Centenary_Report_on_the_Theft_of_the_Irish_C… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/irish-history-podcast-778168/episodes/the-irish-crown-jewels-robbery-ireland-s-crime-of-the-century/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/irish-history-podcast-778168/the-irish-crown-jewels-robbery-ireland-s-crime-of-the-century.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.