• 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...
  • 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.
  • NELSONS PILLAR in Dublin: history, what it was, why the Spire replaced it Dublin nelson's pillar By Ireland Before You Die.
  • 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.
  • In a rush to out-do the British, the Irish decided that they needed an erection to honor the martyred Nelson. Poof! Dublin had Nelson’s Pillar.
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  • Nelson Pillar stood at 120 feet for 157 years, survived the GPO bombing in 1916 and was a favourite viewing spot for both Dubliners and visitors.
  • 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?
  • In an aureate Dublin, Nelson’s Pillar elongates and soars, morphing into the Millennium Spire. The symbolism of achievement is clear: the movement...
  • The airspace had been empty since 1966 when the IRA blew up a previous monument called Nelson's Pillar because it had a statue of the admiral on top.
  • 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.
  • seems like a good time to post this news clip of an american news report on nelson's pillar getting blown up in 1966 where the reporter 100% plays it for laughs.