From the Echo (London), 27 January 1888, the tale of John McCarthy, journalist, who escaped conviction in the Dublin Police Court after concealing himself for the night in the monument known as ‘Nelson’s Pillar,’ Sackville Street, Dublin. Ireland.
Mr McCarthy’s article, accompanied by the above illustration of the Pillar, appeared in the Sport (Dublin) of 28 January 1888, and included an imaginary dialogue between himself and the statue of Admiral Nelson which stood on the top of the Pillar. Such imaginary dialogues with statues in public places were a fad in 19th century Irish journalism – a ‘very amusing’ dialogue, now sadly lost, between the various statues in the Hall of the Four Courts bemoaning their lack of cleanliness was also published around the same time.
Image of Mr McCarthy, warmly clad for his night in the Pillar, also from the Sport article, below.
Image Credits: British Newspaper Archives.
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