• 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...
  • 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.
  • Nelson’s Pillar was a granite column capped with a statue by Thomas Kirk of British naval hero Horatio Nelson, located in what was then Sackville Street in Dublin.
  • 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.
  • NELSON'S PILLAR TUMBLED 8mm film by Tom MacPherson of Nelson Pillar blown up 8th March 1966 The Dubliners-Nelsons Farewell Fireman recalls...
  • The night Nelsons Pillar fell and changed Dublin – The Irish Times. Laying of the Foundation Stone of Nelson Pillar | seamus dubhghaill.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • It was the city’s most prominent monument by far. When was Nelson’s pillar erected? October 21, 1809Nelson’s Pillar / Date opened.
  • 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.
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  • Nelson's pillar was the originating point for most of Dublin's trams. From this hub, tramlines radiated in all directions (but especially south and southeast)...