iamBullivant<p>Not to be outdone The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem came out with 'Lord Nelson':<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAkjuiVZttk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=GAkjuiVZtt</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p>Then there were the Dubliners with Nelsons Farewell:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P50PHCHuwo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=5P50PHCHuw</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a> 2/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
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iamBullivant<p>Ar 8 Márta 1966 scrios poblachtánaigh Éireannacha Piléar Nelson i Sráid Uí Chonaill i mBaile Átha Cliath.</p><p>On 8th March 1966 at 1:32am a bomb planted by Irish republicans exploded in O'Connell Street in Dublin and Nelson’s Pillar was destroyed. Its remnants were later destroyed by the Irish Army.</p><p>Up Went Nelson by The Go Lucky Four was number one in the Irish music charts for eight consecutive weeks after the brave deed. 1/</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__3v0eKHB_s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=__3v0eKHB_</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>Cavendish Row looking down Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street), including Nelson's Pillar. c1911. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CavendishRow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CavendishRow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SackvilleStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SackvilleStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>O'Connell Bridge from the south side looking up O'Connell Street towards Nelson's Pillar, Dublin, Ireland. 1932. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellBridge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>Nice panoramic view down O'Connell Street from the top of Nelson's Pillar. c1958. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>Nelson's Pillar on O'Connell Street, Dublin with an assortment of trams - the no. 8 to Dalkey; the no. 29 to Fairview; the no. 20 to Rialto Bridge; and I think the no. 3 to Westland Row and Ringsend; and a car with reg. no. IK 9729. c1927. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DublinTrams" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DublinTrams</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>Sackville Street, now O'Connell Street, the General Post Office, and Nelson's Pillar, Dublin, Ireland. c1900. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SackvilleStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SackvilleStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GeneralPostOfficeDublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneralPostOfficeDublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>On 8th March 1966 at 1:32 am a bomb planted by Irish republicans exploded in O'Connell Street in Dublin and Nelson’s Pillar was destroyed. Its remnants were later destroyed by the Irish Army.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>Nelson's Pillar on Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street), Dublin, Ireland. c1927. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SackvilleStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SackvilleStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>Panoramic view up O'Connell Street from the top of Nelson's Pillar, Dublin, Ireland. c1958. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>O'Connell Bridge from the south side looking up O'Connell Street towards Nelson's Pillar, Dublin, Ireland. 1932. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellBridge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellMonument" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellMonument</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>Sackville Street, now O'Connell Street, the General Post Office, and Nelson's Pillar, Dublin, Ireland. c1900. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SackvilleStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SackvilleStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GeneralPostOfficeDublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneralPostOfficeDublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>Sackville Street from Carlisle Bridge, Dublin, Ireland. Or O'Connell Street from O'Connell Bridge as it is today. c1860. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OldPhotosOfIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OldPhotosOfIreland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>19thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SackvilleStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SackvilleStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CarlisleBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CarlisleBridge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellBridge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>O'Connell Bridge from the south side looking up O'Connell Street towards Nelson's Pillar. Jan/Feb 1932. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OldPhotosOfDublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OldPhotosOfDublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellBridge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellMonument" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellMonument</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street), the G.P.O. and Nelson's Pillar. c1900. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OldPhotosOfDublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OldPhotosOfDublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SackvilleStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SackvilleStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GeneralPostOfficeDublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneralPostOfficeDublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Trams" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trams</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>Pioneering Teeth? Teeth for Pioneers? c1910. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OldPhotosOfDublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OldPhotosOfDublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SackvilleStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SackvilleStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>XXI OCTOBER MDCCCV. c1927. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OldPhotosOfDublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OldPhotosOfDublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SackvilleStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SackvilleStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Trams" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trams</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>An apple a day... September 1969. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OldPhotosOfDublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OldPhotosOfDublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FruitSeller" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FruitSeller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>On 8th March 1966 at 1:32am a bomb planted by Irish republicans exploded in O'Connell Street in Dublin and Nelson’s Pillar was destroyed. Its remnants were later destroyed by the Irish Army.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Lorna Peel<p>Nelson's Pillar, Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street), Dublin, anonymous, 1841. Rijksmuseum. Public domain.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>19thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/PrintsAndDrawingsOfDublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PrintsAndDrawingsOfDublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NelsonsPillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NelsonsPillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SackvilleStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SackvilleStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OConnellStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OConnellStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GPODublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GPODublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GeneralPostOfficeDublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneralPostOfficeDublin</span></a></p>
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