# 120 meter spire in Dublin **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811 "2002-12-19T15:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/1 "2002-12-19T15:14:04Z")
The work had started and I can see the top of the first section from my office. It’s only a sixth of the size and it’s already near the roof tops of O’Connell Street. Here’s some pic’s of how it will look. [http://www.wolkenkrabbers.nl/forums/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=3&topic=783](http://www.wolkenkrabbers.nl/forums/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=3&topic=783) It’s a foreign site but the pics are the best I could find. There’s a lot of negativity about the project which looks likes it’s gonna be called “the stiletto in the getto” a Dublin tradition of naming public monuments in such a way. The only problem I have with it is that there will be no observation area at the top. If you’re going to build something that high let people go up it. It will dwarf everything else in the city and will be pretty damn cool IMO. Just thought I’d share. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/2 "2002-12-19T15:30:15Z")
I should say that the stiletto in the getto will not be it’s official name 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/3 "2002-12-19T15:55:15Z")
“the Pin in the Bin” has been suggested, as has “the Spire in the Mire” and the “Pole in the Hole”. I would vote for “The Milligan” myself… ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/4 "2002-12-19T15:59:26Z")
So what is it? Looks to me like a big metal pointy thing, does it have a purpose? Lightning rod? interstellar antenna? comet skewer? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/5 "2002-12-19T16:05:18Z")
It has no purpose other than to just be there (it was originally conceived to celebrate the millennium, but the corporation screwed up the planning permission… not like them to be incompetent :rolleyes: ). I think it’s great. My votes go for: **The stiffy by the Liffey** or **Bertie’s Erection** I am really looking forward to its completion. It’s not the most popular thing in the city at the moment, but I think people will grow to love it. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/6 "2002-12-19T16:13:53Z")
I wouldn’t want it to be called Bertie’s Erection, purely because I dont want any monument associated to that gobsheen 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/7 "2002-12-19T16:36:28Z")
I dunno, **yojimbo**. It doesn’t look to me like you _could_ get an observation deck in that thing. The conception drawings look pretty cool, though. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/8 "2002-12-19T16:39:11Z")
I love the idea of putting up buildings / structures just for the craic. (something else for stag parties to piss against) Could do with a few random pointy towers in other cities too. Keeps me in a job. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/9 "2002-12-19T16:46:58Z")
More images [here](http://www.irish-architecture.com/onsite/spike/architects_statement.html), for you to revel in. One of the guys in my office here was partly responsible for the planning cock-up when he worked for Dublin Corp. (now the city council, IIRC) Ee-jit! 😃 > [@](#): > > The conception drawings… I hope you mean _conceptual_, as, with that thing, conception could be a tad painful…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/10 "2002-12-19T17:39:25Z")
Gah. Sorry, **Aro**. I don’t even have a good excuse. But I do want one of those things in my front yard. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/11 "2002-12-19T17:45:00Z")
_Our_ [tall pointy thing](http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?47055) is taller than _your_ tall pointy thing… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/12 "2002-12-19T17:48:28Z")
It needs a giant wooden splinter stuck on it’s tip. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/13 "2002-12-19T18:35:18Z")
Knitting needles of the Gods! ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/14 "2002-12-19T19:29:19Z")
They should call it **The Needle in the Haystack**. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/15 "2002-12-20T11:37:39Z")
Until it’s finished I think it should be _The Stump in the Dump_ And for our friends from the country it could be _The Nail in the Pale_ The crane that they are using to put the thing up is I was told the biggest in Europe. It’s about 2 times higher than anything in the city and it’s only standing on it’s side :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/16 "2002-12-20T13:38:26Z")
I’m going to be out the weekend its finished trying to get a bike tyre over it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/17 "2002-12-20T13:43:50Z")
call it “Bridget’s Delight”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/18 "2002-12-20T13:50:11Z")
Given the fact that it was supposed to be the Millenium Spike or some such and the fact that it is so tall and there have so many delays and it is a monumental waste of money, I have to agree with whoever it was in the paper last week who called it “The hieght of folly” ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/19 "2002-12-20T13:59:29Z")
A new paddy on the board 🙂 Howaya **curly chick**. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811/20 "2002-12-20T14:56:40Z")
Hello and go raibh maith agat for the failte Actually, I won’t be here for a while as I am off our of the country for the chrimbo, but I wll see you all back here in the New Year. Just off to town to see how they are getting on with the big pointy yoke [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-meter-spire-in-dublin/143811.md?page=2)