Molly Malone is the protagonist of an Irish song of the same name that has become the country’s unofficial anthem. In the song, she sells cockles and mussels in the streets of Dublin, before tragically dying of a fever. There’s been a lot of speculation as to whether she was a real historical character but the jury is out on that front due to a lack of historical evidence. Still, the song has made her such a big part of Irish culture that a bronze statue of her was put up in 1988 to celebrate the city’s first millennium. The statue was designed by Irish sculptor Jeanne Rynhart and shows Molly with wheelbarrow full of baskets of seafood, ready to sell to the people of Dublin. It used to be at the bottom of Grafton Street but it was moved to Suffolk Street, just outside the Dublin Tourist Office, in July 2014 because of works to the Luas tracks (Dublin’s light rail system).