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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...
- 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.
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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.
- 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.
- On this day 56 years ago, an Irish republican blew up a statue of Nelson on top of a 41-m-high pillar in the centre of Dublin.
- 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. The resentment had run deep.
- 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 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.
- But first, let’s scroll back a bit. nelsons_pillar_black_and_white. Nelson’s Pillar was originally built in 1808-09 to commemorate Admiral Nelson.
- They meet in a safe house at Rathfarnham in 1911. The men take the tram from Rathfarnham to Nelson’s Pillar in central Dublin.
