How were the Irish crown jewels stolen from Dublin Castle?

A century ago the theft in Dublin Castle exposed a bunch of ‘unsavoury characters’ at the top of society. It was a scandal, says Caomhan Keane.

ONE hundred years after the theft of the Irish crown jewels from Dublin Castle, Speckintime Theatre Company are holding an ‘enquiry’. This is to determine just how they were stolen from one of the most heavily guarded garrisons in the then United Kingdom.

The 70-minute play will ask audiences to bear witness, as the onetime A-List of Irish society are hauled before the court to account for their part in one of the greatest heists in this country’s history. Staged in the Chapel Royal of Dublin Castle — 100 yards from where the jewels were taken — the play will end when the public (the audience) find one or more of the defendants guilty.