Molly Malone

The Molly Malone Statue commemorates a song also known as ‘Cockles and Mussels.’

It is considered to be the unofficial anthem for Dublin City. 

No-one knows who wrote it.

Molly is a fictional character and evidently, as well as selling seafood, she enjoyed being naughty…

It is thought, rightly or wrongly that she may have sold her body as well, although there is no evidence of that - but she sure played a trick on me, because she moved!

Last time I saw her, she was nearer Grafton Street…

Now she stands on Suffolk Street, in front of St Andrew’s Church

It was to be expected as the song does tell how her ghost wheels her barrow through streets broad and narrow…

The statue was installed in 1988 for the Dublin Millennium 

- the 1000 years of the city of Dublin.

The reason why her bosoms are so shiny is that many people touch them.

She does attract quite a crowd - who would have thought there would be such a demand for seashells?

St Andrew’s Church: the current church building is from 1860 but it is now the central tourist office.

Molly Malone is supposed to return to her first location, later this year.

O’Neill’s Pub and Kitchen, Suffolk Street

Nice head carvings. Initials NB on the balconies.

Not the legendary O’Donogue’s Pub on Merrion Row where I spent a great evening once, listening to some live music.

How come this bar on Suffolk Street looks so similar? 

♪ In Dublin’s fair city, where the girls are so pretty
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she wheeled her wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!

A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O!                                                        
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!

She was a fishmonger and sure it was no wonder
For so were her father and mother before
And they both wheeled their barrows through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!

A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O!
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!

She died of a fever and no one could save her
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone
Now her ghost wheels her barrow through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!

A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O!
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O!
A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O!
Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O! ♫

'Molly Malone' By The Dubliners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9O5ApakhFg