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Now it’s Molly Malone’s turn to be yarnbombed

Renegade knitters yarn attacked Dublin’s Molly Malone last night. Here she is in a range of other get-ups over the years.

RENEGADE KNITTERS COVERED one of Molly Malone’s wheels in wool last night. We’re pretty sure it’s not the same lot of enthusiastic crafters who covered the Galway Hooker statue in Galway earlier this month.

The fictional fishmonger has been a fixture on Dublin streets since 1988, when a statue of her designed by Jeanna Rynhart was erected outside the front of Trinity College Dublin. Here we take a look at the young woman and some of her erstwhile companions down through the years, in a range of guises, costumes and other get-ups.

(Main image is from Louise Williams @loureports via twitter)

Now it’s Molly Malone’s turn to be yarnbombed
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    Food artist Prudence Staite makes Molly Malone out of Cadbury's Milk chocolate earleir this year. (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
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    Dublin fan Tony Broughan from Cabra dressed as Molly Malone (Gareth Chaney/Photocall Ireland)
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    Molly Malone in May 2012, covered in tinfoil (Twitter at @Pamille)
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    Rose of Tralee 2003 Orla Tobin with a life-size ice sculpture of Molly Malone (LEON FARRELL/PHOTOCALL IRELAND)
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    A well-deserved break for the man behind the mask, as the famous Leprechaun who stands beside Dublin's Molly Malone statue has a cigarette. (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
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    The Molly Malone statue in Dublin during heavy snowfall in the City centre in 2010. (Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
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    Good Weather in Dublin. Conchi Soriano from Spain dressed as Molly Malone and Krisztian Varga- Dudas from Hungary dresed as the Fisherman busking on Grafton street in Dublin. (Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
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    Molly Malone knitted a pink cover for one of her barrow's wheels overnight(Photo: via twitter @loureports)

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