Molly Malone statue was unveiled by then Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alderman Ben Briscoe during 1988 the Dublin Millennium celebrations, declaring June 13 as Molly Malone Day. The Molly Malone Statue was inspired by the traditional Irish song "Cockles and Mussels". The lyrics tell us that Molly was an attractive young woman from a fishmonger background, and she sold seafood from her wheelbarrow that she pushed around the streets of Dublin.

An urban legend has grown up around the figure that Molly was a street hawker by day and part-time prostitute by night. However, there is no evidence that Molly was actually a real woman who lived in the 17th century at all, or at any other time, despite claims from the Church of Ireland that records of her birth and death have been found.

茉莉•馬隆（Molly Malone），傳說她白天總會推著蛤與淡菜出來賣，但晚上則搖身一變，成了花街姑娘，有人說她死於傷寒，但也有人認為她因花柳病而玉碎。謎樣的傳奇女孩，被寫進愛爾蘭的民謠小說中世代傳頌，在1988年都柏林慶祝建城一千年時，就在市中心為她塑了一尊銅像，成為新的地標。