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Nelson's Pillar

  • 05-03-2016 10:33PM
    #1
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,446 ✭✭✭✭


    50 years a go next week, March 8th, Nelson's Pillar was blown up on O'Connell Street by a bunch of nuts.

    Was this ok in hindsight? They could have kept the pillar and replaced Nelson with a better person like Charles Haughey for example where we have yet to have a fitting memorial or Bertie Ahern when he dies.

    We would have had the views over the city that the spire does not offer. Or even just kept Nelson who by some accounts was a good looking fella.

    What say you?

    http://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.2561871.1457182980!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620_330/image.jpg


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  • #2
    colossus-x
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭colossus-x


    The spire is dire.

    Edit: Just knock it down and leave it empty, see how it goes. Do we need to have some tall structure there?


  • #3
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    I'm sure Gerry Adams would say they were good Republicans, the type that don't pay tax in the republic, and ignore the laws of the republic.


  • #4
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    50 years a go next week, March 8th, Nelson's Pillar was blown up on O'Connell Street by a bunch of nuts.

    Was this ok in hindsight? They could have kept the pillar and replaced Nelson with a better person like Charles Haughey for example where we have yet to have a fitting memorial or Bertie Ahern when he dies.

    We would have had the views over the city that the spire does not offer. Or even just kept Nelson who by some accounts was a good looking fella.

    What say you?

    http://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.2561871.1457182980!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620_330/image.jpg

    I like the idea of statues of Ahrarne and Haughey to blow up on the anniversary, but I don't think there's enough time....

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #5
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    That escalated quickly........


  • #6
    thee glitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭thee glitz


    Not ok, tempered by the fact it was done well.


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  • #7
    recylingbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭recylingbin


    Innuendo post.


  • #8
    maryishere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,549 ✭✭✭maryishere


    So 50 years ago all the talk about the 50 year anniversay of "the rising" led to the pillar being blown up by a few good Republicans.
    Yesterday in Belfast an off duty prison officer was seriously injured by a car bomb, no doubt planted by a few good Republicans in the run up to the 100th anniversary.


  • #9
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    50 years a go next week, March 8th, Nelson's Pillar was blown up on O'Connell Street by a bunch of nuts.

    Was this ok in hindsight? They could have kept the pillar and replaced Nelson with a better person like Charles Haughey for example where we have yet to have a fitting memorial or Bertie Ahern when he dies.

    We would have had the views over the city that the spire does not offer. Or even just kept Nelson who by some accounts was a good looking fella.

    What say you?

    http://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.2561871.1457182980!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620_330/image.jpg

    It should ideally have been moved somewhere.


  • #10
    Iwasfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,250 ✭✭✭✭Iwasfrozen


    Nodin wrote: »
    It should ideally have been moved somewhere.

    If the majority of Dubliners voted to move it you mean.


  • #11
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Iwasfrozen wrote: »
    If the majority of Dubliners voted to move it you mean.

    No, its a legacy of occupation. Many statues were removed after independence and his should have been amongst them. There's a nice one a short trip away if anyone wants to see it.

    Considering you thought catholics in NI should move if they didn't like it there, you seem awfully hung up over a piece of stone.


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  • #12
    Iwasfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,250 ✭✭✭✭Iwasfrozen


    Nodin wrote: »
    No, its a legacy of occupation. Many statues were removed after independence and his should have been amongst them. There's a nice one a short trip away if anyone wants to see it.

    If Dubliners chose to remove it. They decide what a legacy of occupation is. Not you


  • #13
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    Nodin wrote: »
    No, its a legacy of occupation. Many statues were removed after independence and his should have been amongst them. There's a nice one a short trip away if anyone wants to see it.
    Dun Laoghaire pier was also built during the "occupation". Why not blow that up? I see it every day. It reminds me of the Victorians (and Queen Victoria). Why not cleanse the whole country of any reminder of our oppressors?


  • #14
    recylingbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭recylingbin


    Why was it there in the first place? Did nelson have any association with Ireland?


  • #15
    Iwasfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,250 ✭✭✭✭Iwasfrozen


    diomed wrote: »
    Dun Laoghaire pier was also built during the "occupation". Why not blow that up? I see it every day. It reminds me of the Victorians (and Queen Victoria). Why not cleanse the whole country of any reminder of our oppressors?

    I'm sure Nodin is also in favor of blowing up the GPO and customs house


  • #16
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    I've just remembered.
    ..... in before Jackeens :pac:


  • #17
    colossus-x
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭colossus-x


    recylingbin wrote: »
    Why was it there in the first place? Did nelson have any association with Ireland?



    It used to be a look-out station for the black 'n tans. God rid of them feckers didn't we.


  • #18
    colossus-x
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭colossus-x


    double post


  • #19
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,563 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    diomed wrote: »
    Dun Laoghaire pier was also built during the "occupation". Why not blow that up? I see it every day. It reminds me of the Victorians (and Queen Victoria). Why not cleanse the whole country of any reminder of our oppressors?

    Dun Laoghaire pier serves a purpose, as does the GPO and Customs House

    What purpose does a monument to a foreign colonist serve?


  • #20
    jayo26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,779 ✭✭✭✭jayo26


    I kinda knew what to expect when I opened this thread and so far it hasn't let me down.


  • #21
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Tidy work.


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  • #22
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    recylingbin wrote: »
    Why was it there in the first place? Did nelson have any association with Ireland?
    Yes. After the Act of Union the Napoleonic wars were fought. Nelson and the Duke of Wellington helped defeat him. The IRA could also blow up the Martello towers as they were part of our defenses.

    And Nelson Mandela was granted the freedom of the City of Dublin. How was that allowed?


  • #23
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    I think the colonists took enough out of the country so I don't see the harm in keeping the useful stuff. A statue of one of the colonists? No thanks can't see what possible use that would be.


  • #24
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    My name is URL wrote: »
    What purpose does a monument to a foreign colonist serve?
    He was a great lad. Jackeens worship him.
    Why should terrorists from a foreign country (Northern Ireland) have a right to blow up our monuments?


  • #25
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    Signing off now to watch Tottenham Hotspur on Match of the Day (on a UK TV channel).


  • #26
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    diomed wrote: »
    Signing off now to watch Tottenham Hotspur on Match of the Day (on a UK TV channel).

    Watching Friends on TV in England (an American programme). Might watch some English/completely foreign football teams too :)


  • #27
    Iwasfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,250 ✭✭✭✭Iwasfrozen


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    I think the colonists took enough out of the country so I don't see the harm in keeping the useful stuff. A statue of one of the colonists? No thanks can't see what possible use that would be.

    Nelson was a colonist? I thought he lived in England? Whose land did he colonize?


  • #28
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,643 ✭✭✭Archeron


    I really like the spire.


  • #29
    buried
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,980 ✭✭✭buried


    Having these statues of revered and respected historical people out on the streets of various cities is funny when you notice all of them are completely covered in bird$hit

    Bullet The Blue Shirts



  • #30
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    diomed wrote: »
    He was a great lad. Jackeens worship him.
    Why should terrorists from a foreign country (Northern Ireland) have a right to blow up our monuments?
    What are you talking about? It was Dubliners who blew it up and according to wiki, Dubliners voted to remove it already a few times beforehand


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  • #31
    colossus-x
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭colossus-x


    I think we should replace the spire with a massive big male dildo in honour of the recent gay marriage referendum results.

    Edit: I know that's really sexist. Really sorry to the LGBTi community.

    Double Edit: And to chicks who don't dig dick pics.


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