Nelson’s Pillar: a sermon in stone

THE erection of ‘The Spire’ in O’Connell St, Dublin, reminds me of a visit I paid to Nelson’s Pillar.

Little did I think that, years later, I would receive a portion of it which I gave to a groom as a token of his 'worldly goods' on the celebration of a wedding I was involved with.

The groom's mother had asked me if I could procure a ten shilling coin which would fit the (symbolic) bill instead of the ordinary one.