Irish Councillor Proposes Statue for Mosquito Believed to Have Killed Oliver Cromwell

Irish councillor proposes 'smallest statue' for mosquito that killed Oliver Cromwell

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.