| Many people who live in Ireland did not know Ireland | | | | London, but were the insignia of the Order of St |
| had crown jewels. This is partly because Ireland is a | | | | Patrick which was a chivalric order founded by the |
| democracy with a president as the head of state and | | | | government in 1783. The Jewels were presented to |
| partly because the last King of Ireland dates back to | | | | the Order of St Patrick by King William IV in 1831. It is |
| the 12th Century before the British invaded Ireland. The | | | | widely understood that the jewels were made up from |
| other reason for lack of knowledge about these | | | | diamonds belonging to Queen Charlotte.In 1905 the |
| jewels is because the Jewels were stolen in 1907.The | | | | Order of St Patrick was revised, and the jewels were |
| Irish Crown Jewels are not the Irish equivalent of the | | | | to be stored in a safe in Dublin Castle in a newly built |
| English Crown Jewels which are held in the Tower of | | | | strong room. |