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Thread #16278 Message #1429191
Posted By: Lighter
07-Mar-05 - 05:28 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Molly Malone
Subject: RE: Help: History for Molly Malone please
GUEST leeneia, you may be missing the point. The claim that Molly was really a 17th-18th Century "tart" was intended to promote Dublin as a tourist destination in 1988. In other words, it's supposed to be a *good* thing ! Irish TV even held a press conference to spread the word. This website will tell you all about it.