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    • March 18, 2003 at 2:18 pm #706088
      d_d_dallas
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      Did anyone see that programme on RTE One last night about Nelson’s Pillar, O’Connell St, and the Spike etc…???

      Almost nothing in the programme about the spike, or the search for a replacement (Ana Livia barely got a metion too)…

      Great footage of a bustling O’Connell St prior to the bombing. Odd to see just how little Dublin’s appearance has changed in that general area – well except for the plastic golden arches signs, etc…

      Interesting to note that the destruction of the pillar kinda signalled the descent of O’Connell St into the *lovely* vision it is today.

    • March 19, 2003 at 7:35 pm #725321
      GrahamH
      Participant

      The lack of coverage of the Spire was noticable, indeed it’s footage was only shot in the past few days as the O’ Cll Bridge lanterns were evident.

      The wide shots of the street from the early-mid 20th century were fantastic.
      I could watch them all day.

    • March 19, 2003 at 8:01 pm #725322
      d_d_dallas
      Participant

      There’s something about that footage that really makes it all look so good.

    • March 20, 2003 at 9:28 am #725323
      GregF
      Participant

      I missed that programme ……..I kept up the tradition of being angerly drunkenly Irish……shameful too I know…..but I think it’s in our genes however. It took years and generations to form…it will take years and generations to filter out. Oh to be civilized!

    • March 20, 2003 at 9:46 am #725324
      d_d_dallas
      Participant

      Or maybe like me you’ll be murdered with a hangover from Saturday and Sunday nights… that’s progress for ya!

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