She's a woman who might not exist, a piece of art and also a tourist trap, with either questionable morals or a pure heart, who stands in a place not where she used to be, celebrating an event that was either a year too early or decades too late.
This bundle of contradictions is the Molly Malone statue in Dublin, Ireland, and we have to ask: What Happened Here?
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Sources used in this episode:
Visit Dublin: https://www.visitdublin.com/molly-malone
Wikipedia-Molly Malone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Malone
Wikipedia-Jeanne Rynhart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Rynhart
Wikipedia-St. Andrew's Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Street,_Dublin
The Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/shining-example-an-irishwoman-s-diary-on-the-molly-malone-statue-and-inventing-a-tradition-1.4031633
Irish Family History Centre: https://www.irishfamilyhistorycentre.com/article/a-brief-history-of-dublins-mysterious-molly-malone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-brief-history-of-dublins-mysterious-molly-malone
“Dublin Throws a Party”, Andrew Phillips, Maclean’s: https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1988/8/8/dublin-throws-a-party
Dublin Town: https://www.dublintown.ie/the-story-of-suffolk-street-st-andrew-street/
Database of Irish Excavation Reports: https://excavations.ie/report/2014/Dublin/0025191/