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- Nelson's Pillar (also known as the Nelson Pillar or simply the Pillar) was a large granite column capped by a statue of Horatio Nelson...
- The formal laying of the foundation stone of the Pillar on 21 October 1809, the fourth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and of Lord Nelson’s death...
- In 1808, the foundation stone for Nelson's Pillar in Dublin's O'Connell Street was laid.
- 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.
- Looking the worse for wear, some of his scars date from the fighting which raged at the GPO building beside Nelson’s Pillar during the 1916 Easter Rising.
- In 1955, a group of students attempted to burn Nelson’s Pillar down, but their attempt ended in failure.
- Sackville Street, Dublin, showing the Gresham Hotel and Nelson’s Pillar, photographed by Robert French between 1903 and 1908.
- At several times during the course of its existence on O’Connell Street, the removal of Nelson’s Pillar from its location was proposed by different sections of Irish...
- The pillar itself, erected in a flurry of enthusiasm after Nelson's 1805 victory and death at the great naval battle of Trafalgar, was a powerful emblem of Dublin's...
- 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.
- Nelson's statue and the top half of the pillar were crudely demolished by IRA explosives in March 1966, in what is generally supposed to have marked a...
- Today marks the 50th anniversary of the blowing up of Nelson’s Pillar in Dublin’s O’Connell Street.
- The best architectural drawings available showed that Nelson's Pillar was solid from exterior to interior.
