 Posted Jul 7, 2003 by Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system] The Spire of Dublin will be officially 'unveiled' today Monday 7-July-2003. There has been a problem with the lighting mechanism and they only got it working late last week, so the Spire is now finally complete.
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 Posted Apr 17, 2004 by Recumbentman A few months after the official unveiling the lights at the top of the spire started to fail. The problem has been sorted out, and the spire has lit up the Dublin sky over the winter. Easy to spot as you approach the city, its vertical strip of bright white light is quite distinct from all other visible lights.
I see it clearly from my bedroom window in Donnybrook, 2½ miles to the south. It stands head and shoulders (and torso and waist) above the rest of the city, surrounded by the many cranes of the current building boom (or the many booms of the current building cranes).
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 Posted Sep 5, 2006 by Recumbentman Yes, it is a speed . . .
(v. lo city)
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 Posted Aug 1, 2007 by Recumbentman Actually I'm no longer sure that what I see from my upstairs window is the Spire; there are so many cranes about, and they get lit up at night. I'll have to consult a map and compass.
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 Posted Aug 2, 2007 by Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system] I know that what I see seven miles away as I walk through the park in the morning is the Spire.
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