Like Trafalgar Square, Dublin had a statue on a tall column of the hero of the British Empire, Admiral Lord Nelson. He cast a stern eye down on the troublesome Irish peasants who did not appreciate their good fortune as members of the glorious empire.
March 1966 The Irish Republican Army, in the middle of the night, blew Nelson to hell. No one was hurt.
 Colm M Kerr
Kitchener  ( ouch ) ON