• Before Nelson's Pillar trams slowed, shunted, changed trolley, started for Blackrock, Kingstown and Dalkey, Clonskea, Rathgar and Terenure ...
  • Under an eight-column headline—EXPLOSION WRECKS THE PILLAR—the Irish Times reported that: The top of Nelson Pillar, in O’Connell Street...
  • Nelson Pillar Dublin 1808 – 1966. Nelson Pillar or usually referred to as the pillar was a large granite structure on which stood a statue of Horatio Nelson.
  • After a week of clearing up the debris from the original [IRA] explosion the Irish army was brought in to blow up the remainder of the pillar.
  • And watching over all of the movement is the Vice Admiral Nelson on his pillar. ... [View of Nelson’s pillar following the bombing], by Independent Newspapers, 1966.
  • In 1808, the foundation stone for Nelson's Pillar in Dublin's O'Connell Street was laid. ... The site of Nelson's Pillar is now occupied by The Spire.
  • This beautifully composed photograph of Nelson's Pillar appeared in the Official Guide To Dublin published by the Corporation in 1963.
  • Who blew up Nelson in Dublin? Sutcliffe. When was Nelson’s Pillar erected? ... On 8 March 1966 the Nelson Pillar on Dublin’s O’Connell Street was blown up.
  • Nelson's Pillar, which had dominated the Dublin skyline for over 150 years, was blown to smithereens.
  • It’s a pity the ra didn’t blow old Fellatio Nelson down and leave the column there for tourists. 8. ... Sir this is a Nelson's Pillar thread.
  • The monument was the flagship project of a wider improvement of the centre of Ireland's capital city and replaced Nelson's Pillar, destroyed by terrorists in 1966.
  • When the dust clears, it reveals a jagged 70ft stump where the 134ft Nelson Pillar, Dublin’s most famous landmark, has stood for the previous 157 years.
  • The inscriptions in incised letters on the pedestal of the monument, and also the name of NELSON have been gilt which is a great improvement.
  • This is a view our parents, grandparents and more would have looked out to from Nelsons Pillar. The Pillar stood on O'Connell Street (formerly Sackville Street)...