• 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • In 1808, the foundation stone for Nelson's Pillar in Dublin's O'Connell Street was laid. ... Above Right: Pillar Entrance, 1960s. Nelson's Pillar, 1966 .
  • The choice was to build a monument: a pillar. ... What replaced Nelson's Pillar in Dublin? This opens in a new window.
  • This beautifully composed photograph of Nelson's Pillar appeared in the Official Guide To Dublin published by the Corporation in 1963.
  • Nelson's Pillar, which had dominated the Dublin skyline for over 150 years, was blown to smithereens. The 13ft statue of Britain's greatest naval hero...
  • 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.
  • It’s a pity the ra didn’t blow old Fellatio Nelson down and leave the column there for tourists. ... Little does Pillar know. Don't make any long term plans
  • Life on O’Connell Street in 1965, a year before Nelson’s Pillar was demolished. Photograph: Edwin Smith/RIBA Library Photographs Collection.
  • 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.