Cork should have statue of 'mosquito that killed Oliver Cromwell,' cllr says

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

Cork should have statue of 'mosquito that killed Oliver Cromwell,' cllr says

'The world's smallest statue' of one of history's smallest assassins

Proposal at Cork City Council for a statue to commemorate the mosquito that bit Oliver Cromwell…

At Belfast City Council they are no strangers to daft proposals but this one from the third biggest city in Ireland is kind of genius. STATUE TO THE MOSQUITO OR MIDGE THAT BIT OLIVER CROMWELL ‘That Cork City Council will erect a statue to the mosquito or midge that bit Oliver Cromwell during his siege of the city, later causing his death through ‘Cork fever’ (malaria); and that this statue shall be the ‘world’s smallest public statue’.’ (Propos…

A Cork councillor wants to erect a statue of the mosquito that killed Oliver Cromwell

Cork has several statues of local heroes and characters - from Olympic runner Sonia Sullivan to F...