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Mount Juliet jewel heist, Malahide murders: The ‘eventful’ weekend of 1926 Irish census

By Gregory WallsThe Irish Times

The Irish person who garnered perhaps the most international attention 100 years ago does not appear in the independent Irish State’s first census at all

The census was taken on April 18th, 1926. Those who filled it out did so on what was, judging by the headlines, an eventful weekend. There were newspaper reports of a £20,000 jewel robbery from Mount…