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- 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.
- During the excavations preceding the Spire's construction, the foundation stone of the Nelson Pillar was recovered.
- Nelson's pillar was the originating point for most of Dublin's trams. From this hub, tramlines radiated in all directions (but especially south and southeast)...
- Irish men served and died in the British Navy under Nelson as they were formally part of the Empire. ... Where did the pillar come from?
- Before Nelson's Pillar trams slowed, shunted, changed trolley, started for Blackrock, Kingstown and Dalkey, Clonskea, Rathgar and Terenure ...
- Nelson’s Pillar had been a well-known structure in Dublin since it was erected in 1809 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.
- The area formerly occupied by Nelson's Pillar was subsequently a parking area for CIE Dublin buses & colloquially known as Nelsons patch.
- The long road to the Spire: Here's why it took 37 years to replace Nelson's Pillar. ... 50 years later and the Nelson's Pillar bomber says he has no regrets.
- A powerful explosion destroys the upper portion of Nelson’s Pillar in Dublin in the early morning hours of March 8, 1966, bringing Nelson's statue crashing to the...
- Nelson’s Pillar – honoring the British admiral who won the Battle of Trafalgar – had dominated the skyline on O’Connell Street for more than a hundred years.
- Nelsons Pillar – O’Connell Street – Dublin. ... This first stone of a triumphal pillar was laid by his Grace Charles Duke of Richmond and Lennox.
- The first, a ‘Nelson arch’, was erected at Castletownshend, Co. Cork, within days of the victory, and by 1808 ‘Nelson’s Pillar’ was erected in Dublin’s Sackville...
- 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.
- For many, the biggest surprise about the blowing up of Nelson’s Pillar in Dublin on March 8, 1966, is why it took 157 years.