The Pillar / Nelson's Column / the statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson on O'Connel's Street, similar(?) to the one standing on Trafalgar Square in London, was exploded "on the eight day of March in Dublin City fair ... one thirty in the morning (as stated in 'Nelson's Farewell' by Joe Dolan; in the DT) in 1968, if I remember correctly!

AKS, Joensuu, Finland