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On the north side of the Liffey, across from the Ha'penny Bridge, and in front of Dublin Woollen Mills on Lower Ormond Quay sits a statue of two women.
At first glance, the women seem to sit there resting on a bench after a shopping trip, their bags at their feet. Look closely and that is not the case. They are actually engaging in an earnest talk. One woman looks as if she has a great deal of troubles in her mind, her body stiff, her eyes downcast and her arms tightly crossed. The other woman shows her concern openly, her upper body leans forward, her hands rest lightly on her lap, and she looks intensely into her friend's face as if waiting for the other to open up.
The statue reflects one of the special moments that most women can recognise easily. We have all been there a few times in our lives, either as the one who needs a trusted friend to whom she can pour out her troubles or the other who is willing to halve your pain if she could. Amidst the chaos of the streets, the two women sit without seeing anyone or hearing any voice but their own. That is also a very human trait, a very touching one indeed.
Note: In their quirky sense of humour, the Dubliners call this statue "The Hags with the Bags". Leave a Comment Address: Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1 |
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Molly Malone was a fishmonger who pushed her wheelbarrow from the Liberties to Grafton Street, along the way crying out "Cockles and Mussels".
Molly Malone was a prostitute who plied her trade in the Trinity College area (thus the statue's nickname "The Tart with the Cart").
Molly Malone was the pseudonym of Charles II's mistress.
There are many myths about Molly Malone; some are somewhat believable while others sound very bizarre indeed. Whoever Molly was, her statue has been a part of Dublin's charm since 1988, and it was not just because of her low cut dress. Look into her eyes, see the sadness in them, and know that it does not matter who she really was, but it is enough that she was a beautiful woman who once lived here and who has become forever a part of this beautiful city of legends and myths. Leave a Comment Address: Corner of Grafton Street and Suffolk Street |
Oscar Wilde is probably the only playwright, poet, and writer whose works make more money every year a century after his death (I wonder if his estate receives any royalty from the movie and theatre industries who have never stopped using his creations).
In Archbishop Ryan Park on Merrion Square, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde is shown languidly reclining on a rock with a sneer on his face, his left knee up, his right leg out, and one foot turning over awkwardly. The two stone tablets in front of the rock are engraved with some of his famous quotes and across the street was the house in which he spent part of his childhood. Leave a Comment Address: In Archbishop Ryan Park on Merrion Square. |
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce had a love/hate relationship with the city of his birth and childhood. The literary circuit of Dublin in the early 1900s rejected him over and over again, and he could not wait to get out of the city. In fact, he was much more revered abroad than in his hometown. Still, what did he do when he was away? He thought about Dublin, he wrote about Dublin, he built his works around Dublin, and he talked obsessively about Dublin, "I want to give a picture of Dublin so complete that if the city one day suddenly disappeared from the earth it could be reconstructed out of my book."
The statue of James Joyce with his exaggerate saunter and big hat is now a part of the city that was more than once antipathetic to his works.
Note: There is a statue in St. Stephen's Green depicting a more somber James Joyce in his later years. Leave a Comment Address: Corner of North Earl and O'Connell StreetsDirections: Across the street from the General Post Office, on the other side of The Spire. |
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And there she is: on the corner of Grafton and Suffolk Street: the world famous Molly Malone. If you see the statue, you'll probably start to sing along like almost everyone else: In Dublin's fair city, ...."
As the song says, during daytime Molly was a fishmonger selling "cockles and mussles", but during nighttime, she changed her fishmonger clothes for some more reveiling things, stillettoes and fish-net tights.
This is the legend of course. I don't know if Molly Malone really existed, but she surely is a part of Dublin's history! The statue has been renamed "The tart with the cart". Leave a Comment Address: on the corner of Grafton and Suffolk streetDirections: close to Trinity College |
1882—1941, Irish novelist. one of the most influential and significant novelist of the 20th centtury. He wrote the books- Ulysses, Dubliners, and Finnegans wake among many others admit I've never read any of them , but I might someday. He has a momument off of O'Connell Str right next to the Kylemore Cafe. He also has a museum right across the street.
This was another statue that I was lucky to get a good picture of. For some people love to sit on statues and momuments in Dublin. Leave a Comment |
Molly is at the bottom of Grafton Street, affectionately known as "the tart with a cart"
The statue portrays Molly as a busty young woman in seventeenth-century dress, and is claimed to represent the real person on whom the song is based. Her low-cut dress and large breasts were justified on the grounds that as women breastfed publicly in Molly's time, breasts were popped out all over the place
An urban legend has grown up around the figure of the historical Molly who has been presented variously as a hawker by day and part-time prostitute by night, or, in contrast, as one of the few female street-hawkers of her day who was chaste
Thanks to Mariajoy for the photo, it was so busy around the statue it was impossible for me to take a decent one
In Dublin's fair city,
where the girls are so pretty,
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone,
As she wheeled her wheel-barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive alive oh!"
"Alive-a-live-oh,
Alive-a-live-oh",
Crying "Cockles and mussels, alive alive oh".
Now she was a fishmonger,
And sure 'twas no wonder,
For so were her mother and father before,
And they each wheeled their barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive oh!"
(chorus)
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, alive oh!"
(chorus) Leave a Comment Directions: From Trinity College head north for the river, cross over O'Connell Bridge and turn right. Custom House Quay its the next quay after Eden Quay. |
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The statue of legendary Irish labor organizer Lim Larkin is directly across from the GPO on O'Connell Str. Jim Larkin was a fiery speaker who formed the left wing newspaper "The Irish Worker". He later went to America to help with the unions there. Leave a Comment Directions: Right accross from the General Post Office on O'Connell Str. |
Molly Malone was a rather infamous Irish woman who lived in Dublin in the late 1600's. By day she walked the streets selling cockles and mussels and by night she was, well, a lady of the night.
A song was written about Molly which is now sung all over the world and is recognised as the unofficial anthem of Dublin City. It's called "Cockles and Mussels Alive Alive Oh".
A statue of Molly has been erected at the junction of Grafton Street and Suffolk Street, just across from the main entrance to Trinity College University. It is hardly a coincidence that the stories say the students of Trinity were some of Molly's best night customers! Molly was renowned to be very well endowed, and it's a classic pose for male tourists to pose by the statue with their hands hugging her boobs! Makes a fun holiday pic alright. Leave a Comment Address: Suffolk Street/Grafton Street junctionDirections: This statue is at the very bottom of Grafton Street, just opposite the entrance to Trinity College. |
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This is the famous Molly Malone statue.i do not know much about this famous lady, but I learn every new city I go to.
She was a fishmonger by day and had another job at night. ;o) Leave a Comment Directions: From Trinity College head north for the river, cross over O'Connell Bridge and turn right. Custom House Quay its the next quay after Eden Quay. |
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