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Campaigner wants everyone to stop groping Dublin’s famous Molly Malone statue

Campaigner wants everyone to stop groping Dublin’s famous Molly Malone statue



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A famous Dublin statue of a mythical fishmonger should be protected from the groping hands of tourists and passersby, says a young woman campaigning to protect her.

Tilly Cripwell is in her final year studying languages at the city’s famous Trinity College. Over the past two-and-a-half years the 23-year-old Briton, who is also a singer-songwriter, has been busking at some of the most popular tourist spots in the Irish capital—including by the bronze statue of Molly Malone.

She regularly sees selfie-seekers stopping to pose with Malone, a fictional young woman who is the subject of the city’s unofficial anthem, “Molly Malone.” Covered by everyone from…

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