Etc.
For the night what’s in it.
Nelson’s Pillar, O’Connell Street, Dublin, March 8, 1966
Most audacious previous attempt?
On 29 October 1955, a group of nine University College Dublin students locked themselves inside the pillar and tried to melt the statue with flamethrowers.
Good times.
Pic via National Library archive
Thanks Sibling of Daedalus