- During the excavations preceding the Spire's construction, the foundation stone of the Nelson Pillar was recovered.
- Nelsons Sütunu - Nelsons Pillar. Londra'daki benzer adı taşıyan anıt için bkz. ... Nelson Sütunu, c. 1830. Nelson's Pillar, Dublin'in merkezinde yer almaktadır.
- Nelson's Pillar was, as the name would suggest, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson, located in the centre of O'Connell Street in Dublin.
- The airspace had been empty since 1966 when the IRA blew up a previous monument called Nelson's Pillar because it had a statue of the admiral on top.
- seems like a good time to post this news clip of an american news report on nelson's pillar getting blown up in 1966 where the reporter 100% plays it for laughs.
- The Nelson's Pillar Act was passed in 1969,[16][17] transferring responsibility for the site of the monument from the Nelson Pillar Trustees to Dublin Corporation.
- I recently bought a well-thumbed second hand book on Nelson’s Pillar. Opening second hand books you never know what will fall out, but this was a surprise.
- Nelsons Pillar – O’Connell Street – Dublin. ... This first stone of a triumphal pillar was laid by his Grace Charles Duke of Richmond and Lennox.
- Today marks the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Nelson's Pillar on Dublin's O'Connell Street in 1966.