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James Kenny Named New Ambassador to Ireland

By Abdon M. Pallasch, Contributor
February / March 2004

February 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

The new ambassador to Ireland, James Kenny, traces his family's roots to County Mayo. But the red-haired partner in Chicago's Kenny Construction Co. is not one to spend time at Mayo Association dances or Irish-American events in general. Kenny's modern-day credentials as a dependable fundraiser for Republican politicians, including President Bush and his father, appear to have … [Read more...] about James Kenny Named New Ambassador to Ireland

July 6, 1907

Ireland’s Crown Jewels are found missing on this day in 1907, just before days before a state visit by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The theft remains a mystery to this day. Arthur Vicars, Officer of Arms at Dublin Castle, held the jewels in his office and publicly accused his second in command, Francis Shackleton. Shackleton was exonerated and the case was never solved. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used this historical event as the influence for his Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.”

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