Jan 25, 2025
So you may know that Shackleton's brother is suspected of having stolen the Irish Crown Jewels (clown ass colonial bs) but did you also know that he was gay and really funny?
This article is from 2008 so like by no means recent. It's almost legally an adult.. anyway, here's what went down:
The jewels were taken from a safe with a key. The guy (british establishment) with the only 2 keys didnt talk while he was alive, eventually got shot by irish nationalists and in his will claimed that Frank Shackleton had done it. And also this:
So yeah. Based!
#in the 21st century ernest n francis would have been the ultimate scammy startup bros. convince me otherwise#quip#shackleton#frank shackleton#francis shackleton#ernest shackleton#ireland#yay#anyway. shackleton died like 3 days before the treaty for the irish free state was ratified. much to consider#forever trapped in the empire#research#will link the paper in the research ref post#*article. not paper