Dublin works to protect the statue of Molly Malon

In a song, then in bronze, it became a slogan for Irish culture and a permanent symbol of the working class.

But for the familiar folklore in Molly Malon, represented in its statue on Suffolk Street in the center of Dublin-the face of a beautiful young man, the vendors of street vendors, and low-cut dress-a new element will be added soon: guards, provided by the Dublin City Council.

A statue of normal size was built to celebrate the central character of “Mally Malone” or “Cockles and Morksels”, a song that was linked during St. Patrick’s Day celebrations around the world. The city council said on Thursday that he was responding to complaints related to people, especially tourists, and touched the statue.

More specifically, the problem is that visitors hold and rub the breasts of the statue, it is assumed that luck – which they often do is that its dying has been changed.

The council said in a statement that the rulers will be placed next to the statue for a week in May, and not only guard it, but also try to educate tourists about it. The city will also repair the damage to the statue of the statue, a process that has been forced to repeat over the years.

She partially responds to the “Molon Malon Vacation” campaign led by Tele Krebwell, 23, a student in the last year at Trainte College in Dublin, and she is also a regular bus on Suffolk Street.

On Thursday, she welcomed the restoration work as a step towards correcting “physical and symbolic damages”, but was less liked by the idea of ​​the guards.

She said: “The provision system appears to be a photo barrier, which defeats this point, and the point is mental reform about behavior towards the statue.”

People who come to see Molly Malon help make Suffolk Street a profitable place. Ms. Krebwell, singing there, said she can raise at least 60 euros per hour, about $ 66. But it has grown more than ever seeing tourists and night drinks wandering in the statue.

While touching parts of statues for luck is a widespread tradition – St. Peter’s fingers in the Vaticanthigh Journalist in the nineteenth century Victor Noir in the cemetery of the father of ParisEven two testicles from Wall Street “Taurus Shipping” – One of the few Dublin statues of women struck Mrs. Krebwell as raw and sex.

She said, “I got more and more, and one day I only thought if I wanted to continue the statue, I will have to do something about it.”

To protest, Mrs. CripWell used an alternative version of the popular popular song. “If there is next to you, if it is alive,” it She sang during one of her demonstrationsAnd which other artists joined. “Crying,” stop, this is enough ” – so leave Molly alone.”

In the song, which was saddened Johnny Mitchell and Sinad OkunorMolly Malon is a tragic figure, a fish fish that sells their goods in the streets of Dublin and finally dies of fever. People have long discussed whether the song was based on a real person.

The statue, which was assigned in 1988 as part of the first anniversary celebrations in Dublin, reinforces a specific version of the story, according to what it mentioned Search by Sean MurphyCity historian.

The authorities who plan to celebrate have determined that she had identified the real Molly, referring to the baptism and burial records of a woman named Mary Malon, who was baptized in 1663 and was buried in 1699 near the site that was chosen for the statue. He said that Mr. Murphy considers that he is far from adequate evidence: the name was common, and that the documentary evidence of the song begins after more than a century.

“In the eighties of the last century, others needed the statue, but they were ignored,” he said.

He added that the design of the statue, and the surrounding propaganda, has encouraged the unimportant treatment. He said that the sculpture represents Molly Malon, “a prosperous merchant who works independently as a prostitute,” which the historian calls “an unjustified charge.”

Mrs. CRIPWell seeks to give the disputed history a new chapter. Her campaign sought to place the statue on a high base, as many of the men’s heroic statues in Dublin are for men, although the city statement rejected this option “costly”.

In the place of explaining the rulers who explain the statue, Ms. Krebwell says she prefers a plate.

She said, “People do not know the story – whether it is fictional, whether it is real, they do not know that.”