Glenn Meade's Blog
May 31, 2015
Joe Boyle and the Romanov Crown Jewels
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For all those who wrote asking me about the truth of my story, The Romanov Conspiracy, and the fate of the Romanov Crown jewels which ended up in Ireland shortly before Joe Boyle's death, may I suggest you read the Wiki account below, regarding the Imperial crown jewels.Those who know their Irish history will also know that the official story of how the jewels came to Ireland is highly likely to be a fabrication. Michael Collins and the newly born Irish Free State were broke, and had little cash--certainly not enough to loan Lenin 25 thousand pounds. And Collins despised Lenin's communist ideals. The real story of how the crown jewels were hidden in Ireland for several decades is for another day...
FROM WIKI:
Following the October Revolution the new Russian Republic, which was seriously low on funds, sought a loan from the Irish Republican revolutionary government, whose finance minister, Michael Collins, had become internationally famous for his fundraising for the unofficial Irish state. The Imperial Crown of Russia was not among the jewels used as collateral for this loan. The Crown and most of the official regalia of the State were photographed in Moscow in 1922[11] and included in a 1925 publication, documenting the Russian Crown jewels.[12] The jewelry used for the Irish loan were described by the press simply as being "pieces set with sapphires, rubies, and diamonds."[13]
The Crown Jewels were used as collateral by the Soviet Republic for a loan of $25,000 from the Irish Republic. The transfer was made in New York City between the head of the Soviet Bureau, the de facto Soviet Ambassador to the United States Ludwig Martens, and the Irish envoy in the United States, Teachta Dála Harry Boland. When Boland returned to Ireland the jewels were kept in the house of his mother, Catherine Boland, in Dublin City during the Irish War of Independence. Before Boland died, during the Battle of Dublin, he instructed his mother to keep the jewels hidden from the Free State until the Irish Republicans returned to power. Mrs Boland returned the jewels to the Irish Government under Éamon de Valera in 1938. The jewels were placed in a safe in Government Buildings and were forgotten about.
On their discovery in 1948, by the new government led by John A. Costello, it was originally intended that the set of Crown Jewels would be sold by public auction in London. However, after consultations as to their legal status, and negotiations with the Soviet ambassador, it was arranged for them to be returned to the Soviet Union in exchange for the sum of $25,000 originally loaned in 1920. The jewels would ultimately return to Moscow in 1950.[14]
For all those who wrote asking me about the truth of my story, The Romanov Conspiracy, and the fate of the Romanov Crown jewels which ended up in Ireland shortly before Joe Boyle's death, may I suggest you read the Wiki account below, regarding the Imperial crown jewels.Those who know their Irish history will also know that the official story of how the jewels came to Ireland is highly likely to be a fabrication. Michael Collins and the newly born Irish Free State were broke, and had little cash--certainly not enough to loan Lenin 25 thousand pounds. And Collins despised Lenin's communist ideals. The real story of how the crown jewels were hidden in Ireland for several decades is for another day...
FROM WIKI:
Following the October Revolution the new Russian Republic, which was seriously low on funds, sought a loan from the Irish Republican revolutionary government, whose finance minister, Michael Collins, had become internationally famous for his fundraising for the unofficial Irish state. The Imperial Crown of Russia was not among the jewels used as collateral for this loan. The Crown and most of the official regalia of the State were photographed in Moscow in 1922[11] and included in a 1925 publication, documenting the Russian Crown jewels.[12] The jewelry used for the Irish loan were described by the press simply as being "pieces set with sapphires, rubies, and diamonds."[13]
The Crown Jewels were used as collateral by the Soviet Republic for a loan of $25,000 from the Irish Republic. The transfer was made in New York City between the head of the Soviet Bureau, the de facto Soviet Ambassador to the United States Ludwig Martens, and the Irish envoy in the United States, Teachta Dála Harry Boland. When Boland returned to Ireland the jewels were kept in the house of his mother, Catherine Boland, in Dublin City during the Irish War of Independence. Before Boland died, during the Battle of Dublin, he instructed his mother to keep the jewels hidden from the Free State until the Irish Republicans returned to power. Mrs Boland returned the jewels to the Irish Government under Éamon de Valera in 1938. The jewels were placed in a safe in Government Buildings and were forgotten about.
On their discovery in 1948, by the new government led by John A. Costello, it was originally intended that the set of Crown Jewels would be sold by public auction in London. However, after consultations as to their legal status, and negotiations with the Soviet ambassador, it was arranged for them to be returned to the Soviet Union in exchange for the sum of $25,000 originally loaned in 1920. The jewels would ultimately return to Moscow in 1950.[14]
