The
Nelson Pillar (also known as
Nelson's Pillar or simply
The Pillar) was a large granite pillar topped by a statue of
Horatio Nelson in the middle of
O'Connell Street (formerly Sackville Street) in
Dublin. It was built in 1808–1809, and was among the first and grandest monuments erected in memory of Nelson in the then
United Kingdom. It survived until March 1966, when it was destroyed by a bomb planted by
Irish republicans. Today the
Spire of Dublin stands on its former ground.