Molly Malone and Wheelbarrow Statue Ireland Card

The Molly Malone statue in Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland, cast in bronze to celebrate the city's millennium in 1987. Molly, a beautiful fishmonger who plied her trade on the streets of Dublin, but who died young of a fever, wears a 17th Century dress standing and holding her wheelbarrow on which are several baskets of fish, cockles and mussels. This statue is known locally as "The Tart With The Cart", "The Dish With The Fish", "The Trollop With The Scallop(s)", "The Dolly With the Trolley", and "The Flirt in the Skirt". Although The famous song "Cockles and Mussels", also known as "In Dublin's Fair City" commemorates Molly Malone there is no evidence that the song is based on a real woman, of the 17th century or at any other time. Easy to personalise and customise. THE MOLLY MALONE COLLECTION