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# Photo of the Month: October 2023
- URL: https://www.dublininquirer.com/photo-of-the-month-october-2023/
- Published: 2023-10-25T00:02:49.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-25T05:43:22.000Z
- Description: “My photo shows a cleaner using spirits to clean the bronze [statue of Molly Malone] so that the tourists may gape and grope once more.”
- Author: Garvan Corr
- Tags: Culture Desk, Photo of the Month, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-03-05 15:28

Dublin is well ornamented with statues of famous and fictional figures.

O’Connell Street alone is home to Parnell, Larkin and O’Connell, to name a few. When it comes to statues of women, however, the collection pales in comparison to the males.

Molly Malone is one of these few, and she is a fictional character at that.

The statue was [recently vandalised, black paint](https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/08/16/molly-malone-statue-in-dublin-daubed-in-black-paint/?ref=dublininquirer.com) was thrown upon her breasts. My photo shows a cleaner using spirits to clean the bronze so that the tourists may gape and grope once more.

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