Editing Spire of Dublin (section)

==Reception==
Some opposition initially greeted the monument. Supporters compare it to other initially unpopular urban structures such as the [[Eiffel Tower]], while detractors complain that the Spire has little architectural or cultural connection to the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.european-architecture.info/EIR/D-EIR-010.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907083610/http://www.european-architecture.info/EIR/D-EIR-010.htm|archive-date=7 September 2008|title=Spire of Dublin|publisher=European Architecture|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Mary|last=Kenny|author-link=Mary Kenny|url=https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-problem-with-the-spire-is-the-problem-with-most-abstract-art-and-sculpture-there-is-no-accessible-story-29119119.html|title=The problem with the Spire|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=10 March 2013|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref> Irish intellectual [[Desmond Fennell]] believed that the Spire symbolised Ireland's diminishing sense of nationhood, writing that 'on reflection [on the Spire], I recognised that it was at least an honest statement of the [[Republic of Ireland|Republic's]] state of mind after its prudent self-effacement during the [[The Troubles|Northern War]] and during the past-effacing enrichment of the [[Celtic Tiger]] boom. It stood for, represented, and said nothing."<ref>{{cite book|title=Ireland After the End of Western Civilisation|year=2009|publisher=Athol Books |location=Belfast |isbn=9780850341201}}</ref>

Complaints were also aired about the danger posed by the monument to low-flying aircraft, as well as the absence of a Christian message.<ref name = JD>{{Cite web|last=Drennan|first=John|date=1999-12-12|title=Millennium madness|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/millennium-madness-26262080.html|access-date=2022-10-06|website=[[The Irish Independent]]|language=en}}</ref> It has inspired a number of nicknames, as is common with public art in Dublin, including the stiletto in the ghetto, the pin in the bin,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Griffith|first=Lisa-Marie|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/893674562|title=Stones of Dublin : a history of Dublin in ten buildings|publisher=The Collins Press|year=2014|isbn=978-1-84889-871-4|location=Cork, Ireland|pages=203|oclc=893674562}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Donoghue |first1=Jo |title=Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable. |publisher=Chambers Harrap Publishers |location=Edinburgh |isbn=9780199916191}}</ref> the stiffy by the Liffey,<ref>{{cite web |title=Teardrop? Tulip? Top public art nicknames |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-37374538 |website=BBC News |access-date=25 October 2020 |date=16 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lichfield |first1=John |title=John Lichfield: Our Man in Dublin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/john-lichfield-our-man-in-dublin-5346805.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/john-lichfield-our-man-in-dublin-5346805.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=25 October 2020 |work=The Independent |date=25 July 2005 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jans |first1=Lina |title=Dublin in the Rare Aul Times: A look at O'Connell Street |url=https://dublingazette.com/news/rare-dublin-89200/ |access-date=25 October 2020 |work=Dublin Gazette Newspapers - Dublin News, Sport and Lifestyle |date=22 October 2020}}</ref> the spire in the mire,<ref>{{cite news |title='Spire in the Mire' makes Dublin debut |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-01-22-0301220326-story.html |access-date=25 October 2020 |work=chicagotribune.com |date=22 January 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Spire points to new face of Ireland |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/ourview/arid-10034588.html |access-date=25 October 2020 |work=Irish Examiner |date=16 January 2003 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-02-17|title=Shortlist of 500 in quest to name the Dublin spire|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ireland/1422349/Shortlist-of-500-in-quest-to-name-the-Dublin-spire.html|access-date=2020-10-20|website=The Telegraph|language=en-GB}}</ref> or the spike.<ref>{{cite news |title=Street wise |url=https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/street-wise-26050944.html |access-date=25 October 2020 |work=Irish Independent |date=9 April 2002 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Value for money? |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/value-for-money-1.1034032 |access-date=25 October 2020 |work=The Irish Times |date=4 August 2006 |language=en}}</ref>