Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hangaia te tohu tuatahi i Sackville Street i te tau 1759, i te wāhi ka tū ai te Nelson Pillar. Ko te kaupapa ko William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, he rangatira ope taua i whanau i Limerick, neke atu i te 60 tau te roa o tana mahi, ka mutu me tana tuku ki nga French i muri i te
te whakapae o Minorca i te tau 1756. He whakapakoko parahi i whakairoia e John van Nost te taiohi i huraina i te ra o St Patrick, 17 Poutu-te-rangi 1759. Ko Donal Fallon, i roto i tana hitori o te pou, e kii ana mai i te timatanga o te whakapakoko o Blakeney he whaainga mo te whakangaromanga. Kaore i te tino mohio tona mutunga; Ka tuhi a Fallon tera pea i whakarewahia mo te pupuhi, engari i tino tangohia i te tau 1805.