The Pillar: The Life and Afterlife of the Nelson Pillar

by Donal Fallon

No monument in the history of Ireland has proven quite as controversial as the Nelson Pillar on O'Connell Street. Erected in the early 19th century, the column in honour of Admiral Horatio Nelson was ultimately blown to pieces by a bomb in 1966, planted by members of a left-wing republican faction. The story of the Pillar and its location involves many famous Dublin names and characters, from Arthur Guinness to James Joyce, and W. B. Yeats to The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848403267
• ISBN13: 9781848403260
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: New Island Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.4"