- The long road to the Spire: Here's why it took 37 years to replace Nelson's Pillar. ... 50 years later and the Nelson's Pillar bomber says he has no regrets.
- It was the city’s most prominent monument by far. When was Nelson’s pillar erected? October 21, 1809Nelson’s Pillar / Date opened.
- 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.
- 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.
- Predating London’s Nelson Column by almost 30 years, Nelson’s Pillar was a 36.8m tall column with a 3.9m tall statue by Thomas Kirk in Portland Stone at the top.
- 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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- Nelsons Pillar also known as the Nelson Pillar or simply the Pillar was a large granite column capped by a statue of Horatio Nelson built in the.
- 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.