"Explosion wrecks the pillar": The Irish Times reports from 1966

On Tuesday, March 8th, 1966, republicans destroyed the huge granite pillar that stood on O'Connell Street in Dublin - knocking the statue of Horatio Nelson on to the street below.

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It must have been a hectic night in The Irish Times building on D’Olier Street. Even though the explosion occurred at 1.32am, it was on the front page later that morning. The Irish Times reported that “by a miracle, nobody was injured”. However, “a search was carried out in the rubble by firemen and gardai following a report that two girls had been seen near the monument just before the explosion”.

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