The Irish giant 'should finally be buried at sea'

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The skeleton of the Irish giant, who was almost 8ft tall, has been the subject of medical research and has been on display at the Royal College of Surgeons for almost two centuries. Byrne, who was born in County Derry in 1761, suffered from acromegaly, or an excess of growth hormone. He died aged 22 after travelling to London in 1780.

Knowing his body would be of interest after his death, Byrne asked that he be buried at sea, sealed in a lead coffin. But surgeon John Hunter, who used grave robbers to collect unusual specimens, bribed one of Byrne's friends and took the body, boiling it down to his skeleton before displaying it in his museum.

Writing in the British Medical Journal, Thomas Muinzer and Professor Len Doyal have said his dying wishes should now be met.

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