Nelson's Pillar Commemorative Event - Photos
Published on 9th March 2016
The 50th anniversary of the destruction of Nelson's Pillar occurred on Tuesday, 8th March 2016, and to mark the occasion Dublin City Archives held a commemorative event entailing a talk by historian Donal Fallon, poetry read by Alastair Smeaton, and ballads by Luke Cheevers and Tony Fitzpatrick.
View the photo slideshow of the event.
The full programme was as follows:
- Extract from Evening Correspondent (Dated 16 February 1808). Read by Alastair Smeaton
- Lord Nelson (Tommy Makem). Ballad sung by Tony Fitzpatrick
- The Pillar: the Life and Afterlife of the Nelson Pillar. Talk given by Donal Fallon
- Admiral Nelson (Luke Cheevers). Ballad sung by Luke Cheevers
- Dublin (Louis MacNeice). Poem read by Alastair Smeaton
- Nelson’s Farewell (Joe Dolan from Galway). Ballad sung by Tony Fitzpatrick