Comments on: Nelson’s Pillar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/12/19/nelson%e2%80%99s-pillar/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Mon, 21 May 2012 13:39:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/12/19/nelson%e2%80%99s-pillar/#comment-39063 Grannymar Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:05:50 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-39063 Christopher - I remember your comment about this. You will see it above, written a couple of days after your 60th Birthday! Christopher - I remember your comment about this. You will see it above, written a couple of days after your 60th Birthday!

]]> By: Christopher Brosnahan http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/12/19/nelson%e2%80%99s-pillar/#comment-39061 Christopher Brosnahan Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:32:18 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-39061 Pardon me if I'm repeating myself....Back in the late 50s our pastor at Madonna Church in Fort Lee, NJ, USA, Msgr Thomas Morrissey (who was having bouts of dementia at the time), would stop my family and I on our way out of daily Mass and reach into his pocket for all the change he was carryin' and hand it to ME, telling me to save it for my trip back to Ireland and to MAKE SURE I visited Nelson' Pillar while I was there...he constantly mistook me for me brother Timothy (Dec. 1999) who was borm in Ireland and adopted into ouir family in 1955...Mom & Dad would assure him that I'd visit the landmark and leave as quickly as possible, lest they get caught for a half-hour and forced to listen his childhood memories. He was a good man...he passed away in 1961 about 5 years before the IRA destroyed the monument. Pardon me if I’m repeating myself….Back in the late 50s our pastor at Madonna Church in Fort Lee, NJ, USA, Msgr Thomas Morrissey (who was having bouts of dementia at the time), would stop my family and I on our way out of daily Mass and reach into his pocket for all the change he was carryin’ and hand it to ME, telling me to save it for my trip back to Ireland and to MAKE SURE I visited Nelson’ Pillar while I was there…he constantly mistook me for me brother Timothy (Dec. 1999) who was borm in Ireland and adopted into ouir family in 1955…Mom & Dad would assure him that I’d visit the landmark and leave as quickly as possible, lest they get caught for a half-hour and forced to listen his childhood memories. He was a good man…he passed away in 1961 about 5 years before the IRA destroyed the monument.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/12/19/nelson%e2%80%99s-pillar/#comment-39058 Grannymar Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:18:16 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-39058 Robert - Welcome to my blog. I hope you enjoy your visit in the autumn. I the mean time try the following link for a nostalgic trip down memory lane: http://www.photography.paul-walsh.net/landscape/Cushman/ If you hover over each photo you will see how the place has changed. Robert - Welcome to my blog. I hope you enjoy your visit in the autumn. I the mean time try the following link for a nostalgic trip down memory lane: http://www.photography.paul-walsh.net/landscape/Cushman/

If you hover over each photo you will see how the place has changed.

]]> By: Robert MItchell http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/12/19/nelson%e2%80%99s-pillar/#comment-39057 Robert MItchell Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:13:04 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-39057 As a young man I worked in Ireland and adored Dublin's fair city including the famous (or depending on different opinions infamous) Nelsons Pillar. I am so glad that I had the opportunity to climb to the top of the Pillar a few years before its sad demise to admire O'Connell Street below. After a 35 years absence I am visiting Dublin and surrounding areas again this autumn and hope that the warmth and atmosphere of the city will still exist. Sadly though, as an elderly man, I realise that many of the wonderful friends of yesteryear will not be there to greet me and I am sad that a beautiful monument was destroyed for politcal reasons which served no useful purpose at all. As a young man I worked in Ireland and adored Dublin’s fair city including the famous (or depending on different opinions infamous) Nelsons Pillar. I am so glad that I had the opportunity to climb to the top of the Pillar a few years before its sad demise to admire O’Connell Street below. After a 35 years absence I am visiting Dublin and surrounding areas again this autumn and hope that the warmth and atmosphere of the city will still exist. Sadly though, as an elderly man, I realise that many of the wonderful friends of yesteryear will not be there to greet me and I am sad that a beautiful monument was destroyed for politcal reasons which served no useful purpose at all.

]]> By: Stephen Ferguson http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/12/19/nelson%e2%80%99s-pillar/#comment-37249 Stephen Ferguson Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:31:47 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-37249 I think it was a disgrace blowing up the pillar It should have been considered an historical monument beyond politics but alas....... I think it was a disgrace blowing up the pillar It should have been considered an historical monument beyond politics but alas…….

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/12/19/nelson%e2%80%99s-pillar/#comment-27737 Grannymar Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:16:51 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-27737 Chris, welcome all the way from Florida. I am pleased this post brought back good memories. I do hope that you visit Ireland one day and raise a glass to your late brother Tim, and to your good friend Msgr. Morrissey. Chris, welcome all the way from Florida. I am pleased this post brought back good memories. I do hope that you visit Ireland one day and raise a glass to your late brother Tim, and to your good friend Msgr. Morrissey.

]]> By: Christopher Brosnahan http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/12/19/nelson%e2%80%99s-pillar/#comment-27735 Christopher Brosnahan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:55:16 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-27735 I'm now 60 (9 Nov)....when I was a kid - 7 or 8 - our pastor, Msgr Thomas Morrissey, would reach into his pocket after Sunday Mass or Sunday afternoon Benediction and hand me all of his change (mistaking me for my late brother, Tim, who was born in Roscrae and adopted by my Mom & Dad in 1955) telling me to back and visit Dublin and climb Nelson's Pillar...He died in around 1960 or '61 thankfully never knowing that his beloved Pillar was destroyed by the IRA. I've unfortunately never made it to the land of my ancestors, Ireland, but have great memories of Msgr. Morrissey's advice to me as a young lad....perhaps one day I'll visit and lift a pint to his (and my brother's) memory...as well as that of Admiral Nelson & his 'Pillar'. Chris Brosnahan, Port St Lucie, FL, USA I’m now 60 (9 Nov)….when I was a kid - 7 or 8 - our pastor, Msgr Thomas Morrissey, would reach into his pocket after Sunday Mass or Sunday afternoon Benediction and hand me all of his change (mistaking me for my late brother, Tim, who was born in Roscrae and adopted by my Mom & Dad in 1955) telling me to back and visit Dublin and climb Nelson’s Pillar…He died in around 1960 or ‘61 thankfully never knowing that his beloved Pillar was destroyed by the IRA. I’ve unfortunately never made it to the land of my ancestors, Ireland, but have great memories of Msgr. Morrissey’s advice to me as a young lad….perhaps one day I’ll visit and lift a pint to his (and my brother’s) memory…as well as that of Admiral Nelson & his ‘Pillar’.

Chris Brosnahan,
Port St Lucie, FL, USA

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/12/19/nelson%e2%80%99s-pillar/#comment-26920 Grannymar Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:48:12 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-26920 Welcome EX Dub, I am glad my post brought back memories for you! Welcome EX Dub,

I am glad my post brought back memories for you!

]]> By: Ex Dub http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/12/19/nelson%e2%80%99s-pillar/#comment-26918 Ex Dub Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:29:16 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-26918 We had just moved back to the city from the country. My father always joked with my mother tht Nelsons Pillar was blown up. when it really happened she went down to O'connell Street four times in one day to see was it really true! She was soooo delighted! We had just moved back to the city from the country. My father always joked with my mother tht Nelsons Pillar was blown up. when it really happened she went down to O’connell Street four times in one day to see was it really true! She was soooo delighted!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/12/19/nelson%e2%80%99s-pillar/#comment-19536 Grannymar Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:01:29 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=2045#comment-19536 Nathalie, Thank you for sending the link to your sister. I sometimes forget that there are people who do not know 'my Dublin' from 40/50 years ago. Nathalie,

Thank you for sending the link to your sister. I sometimes forget that there are people who do not know ‘my Dublin’ from 40/50 years ago.

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