Nelsons Head

Name: Nelsons Head
Address: Dublin Central Library, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 In the research library upstairs, Dublin Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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Dublin Central Library, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 In the research library upstairs, Dublin Ireland

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In Ireland, Admiral Horatio Nelson was a figure standing on top of a 134' Doric column in the middle of O'Connell Street. He appeared to symbolise English rule over the waves (an over Ireland). In 1966, on the anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1966, persons unknown, put some plastic explosives under Nelson. Both he and his piller jumped up in the air and came down in smithereens.

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Typical visit: about 30 minutes