After the Nelson’s Pillar was blown up in 1966, the head was stolen by NCAD students from a storage shed in Clanbrassil Street as a fund-raising prank to help clear their debts. Wearing sinister black masks, they held a very civil press conference explaining their motives.
The head made several secret appearances over the next six months including making its way onto the stage of a Dubliners concert in The Olympia Theatre!
Nelson’s head now rests peacefully in the Gilbert Library in Pearse Street.
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Donal
Ciarán
Sam
Come Here To Me! 
It’s another ironic twist of Irish history that, long after the War of Vatican Dependence was over, Lord Nelson led the last active Flying Column in Ireland.
Don’t forget Killiney Beach
http://photopol.com/nelson_show/head.html
And for those with an interest in the broader saga
http://photopol.com/nelson_show/index.html
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