• When I was a young fellow we didn't talk about Nelson's Column or Nelson's Pillar, we spoke of the Pillar, and everyone knew what we meant[.]
  • Dublin continues to debate a replacement for Nelson’s Pillar, but in its own time (1808-1966), while lording it over Dublin’s O’Connell Street, the Pillar was...
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 pillar was the originating point for most of Dublin's trams. ... Flower sellers at the base of Nelson's Pillar, in a photograph taken ca.
  • The site of the Pillar is now occupied by the Dublin Spire. ... Nelson’s pillar was a constant presence of daily life, looming over the work of the city.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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