I loved the tongue-in-cheek quote:

Frank Magee, chief executive of Dublin Tourism, said this earlier song could be the source of vile speculation that Molly supplied shellfish by day and special services to the students by night.

"Everyone knows that it is hard to believe that such activities, if they took place in Dublin in the late 17th century, were of a mercenary nature. The author admits to having imbibed drink, which is another unusual characteristic for a Dubliner, and so I believe his recollection of his night with Molly may have been clouded by alcohol. There is no evidence to suggest that Molly was anything other than a lady of virtue, who was smitten by the writer and may have shared her bed with him," he said.

"The current popular version of the song is evidence that the truth prevails," Magee insisted. "Molly was pretty, sweet and a fishmonger, and her ghost still hangs around Dublin crying: 'Cockles and mussels'."

Phil