War of words over ‘Irish Giant’

MUSEUM chiefs have rejected a suggestion by experts in law and medical ethics that the skeleton of an 18th century man known as the “Irish Giant” should be removed from display and buried at sea.

Charles Byrne, originally from Derry, stood just over 7ft 7in tall.

He found fame in the 1780s exhibiting himself as a curiosity or “freak” in London.