The Spike by isolina_it
It is officially called "the Spire of Dublin" and unofficially - by all Dubliners - as "the Spike". It has created a storm of interest in Ireland and has already become the most-photographed as well as most-discussed part of the city. It stands at a key crossroads in O'Connell Street, Dublin's main thoroughfare. It's at the equivalent of London's Oxford Circus. And it has a history: because this particular monument replaces another - a squat Nelson's pillar, previously a viewing platform for the city, which was blown up by the IRA in 1966.
