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'''NELSON'S PILLAR''' (Colún Nelson). AKA and see "[[Kane's Reel (2)]]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A County Leitrim setting of the tune collected as "Kane's" in County Fermanagh or Tyrone. | '''NELSON'S PILLAR''' (Colún Nelson). AKA and see "[[Kane's Reel (2)]]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A County Leitrim setting of the tune collected as "Kane's" in County Fermanagh or Tyrone. | ||
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[[File:nelsonspillar.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Post Office and Nelson's Pillar, Dublin]] | |||
Nelson's Pillar [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%27s_Pillar] was a distinctive monument located in the midst of O'Connell Street, Dublin, erected in 1808-09 to commemorate Admiral Nelson's victory and death at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805). The Tuscan pedestal and column rose 121 feet above the street and was capped by a statue of Nelson. Despite its being a tribute to an English hero, Nelson's Pillar survived (albeit not without protest) after Irish independence until 1966, when the upper half was blown apart by an IRA bomb, necessitating dismantaling the remainder (which caused more damage to the surrounding area than the original blast). | |||
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NELSON'S PILLAR (Colún Nelson). AKA and see "Kane's Reel (2)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A County Leitrim setting of the tune collected as "Kane's" in County Fermanagh or Tyrone.
Nelson's Pillar [1] was a distinctive monument located in the midst of O'Connell Street, Dublin, erected in 1808-09 to commemorate Admiral Nelson's victory and death at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805). The Tuscan pedestal and column rose 121 feet above the street and was capped by a statue of Nelson. Despite its being a tribute to an English hero, Nelson's Pillar survived (albeit not without protest) after Irish independence until 1966, when the upper half was blown apart by an IRA bomb, necessitating dismantaling the remainder (which caused more damage to the surrounding area than the original blast).
Source for notated version: a c. 1880's collection by fiddler and uilleann piper Stephen Grier (County Leitrim) [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 133(ii), p. 66.
Recorded sources: