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'World’s smallest public statue' proposed for Cork mosquito linked to death of Oliver Cromwell

Green Party councillor Oliver Moran says the unusual proposal could become a quirky tourist attraction for Cork city

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41844780.html

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Cork City Council to consider tiny statue honouring mosquito linked to Oliver Cromwell’s death

Green Party councillor Oliver Moran says the unusual proposal could become a quirky tourist attraction for Cork city

Irish Examiner
May 20 at 2:53pmWeb
Show threadInfrapink (he/his/him)May 20
@GurgelSegrillo
This right here? THIS is a good idea for a statue.
Show threadAngela Glansbury 🚽5d ago
@Infrapink @GurgelSegrillo
i'm shocked that this tiny comrade doesn't have a statue already
Show threadInfrapink (he/his/him)1d ago
@GurgelSegrillo Traditional Indian timekeeping also has six seasons, not four: Vesanta ("spring"), Grishma ("summer"), Varsha ("monsoon"), Sharada ("Sutumn"), Hemanta (the other one), and Shishira ("Winter")
Show threadTheriac2d ago
@GurgelSegrillo
We genuinely need more of this kind of thing in the UK. Instead of marking where nepobabies trod lets mark and celebrate where despots fell.
Show threadSamuelJohnson2d ago
@Theriac @GurgelSegrillo A museum of the British Empire would be both a public service and, I suspect, a magnet for tourists. The former colonies could all contribute and, of course, the British Museum could loan things. 😀
Show threadP Gurgel-Segrillo1d ago
@samueljohnson @Theriac I second this idea 😆
Show threadCarolyn2d ago

@GurgelSegrillo Huh. In which I learned that malaria was a thing in Ireland.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/smallest-statue-in-the-world-irish-councillor-proposes-monument-for-mosquito-that-killed-cromwell-9.7203480

'Smallest statue in the world': Irish councillor proposes monument for mosquito that killed Cromwell | CBC Radio

A city councillor in Cork, Ireland is advocating to erect a public statue of a mosquito. It wouldn’t be a statue of just any mosquito , but the pest that some — at least in Cork–believe bit the English invader, Oliver Cromwell — sending him home to die of what was once known as 'Cork fever,' an old name for malaria.

CBC
Show threadAndy Wootton1d ago
@GurgelSegrillo But how many other innocent people did it kill?
Show threadP Gurgel-Segrillo1d ago
@woo very true! wee mosquito statue should have a QR code for malaria prevention, relief and research donations @oliver_moran 💡