Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What do you think? Remains should be displayed and learned from, or that we should #FreeCharlesByrne?
Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible!
patreon.com/thegooddeath
MY BOOKS on the funeral industry and death around the world (hardcover, ebook, or audiobook): amzn.to/2kZpIFS
Order in the UK: amzn.to/2x2Z2aL
Co-Op Funeral Home in Seattle: http://funerals.coop/
Undertaking LA: undertakingla.com
***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME***
Website: orderofthegooddeath.com
Twitter: twitter.com/thegooddeath
Facebook: ow.ly/Zz8PW
Instagram: instagram.com/thegooddeath
***CREDITS***
Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
Writing & Research: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair)
***LEARN MORE***
“Why the Skelton of the ‘Irish Giant’ Could Be Buried at Sea”
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-skeleton-irish-giant-could-be-buried-sea-180969443
“Making Kinship with Human Remains: Repatriation, Biomedicine and the Many Relations of Charles Byrne”
Nash, Catherine. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Volume OnlineFirst: 1 – Jan 1, 2018
“The Tallest Man in England”
stgeorges.nhs.uk/about/history/st-georges-hospital/the-tallest-man-in-england
“Why a London Museum Should Return the Stolen Bones of an Irish Giant”
theconversation.com/why-a-london-museum-should-return-the-stolen-bones-of-an-irish-giant-94774
“The Saga Of The Irish Giant’s Bones Dismays Medical Ethicists”
npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/13/514117230/the-saga-of-the-irish-giants-bones-dismays-medical-ethicists
“After Sustained Campaign, Irish Giant’s Bones May Finally Be Released From London Museum”
http://www.thejournal.ie/charles-byrne-remains-4083747-Jun2018/
“A Living Colossus; the Surprising Irish Giant – Charles Byrne (1761-1783), the Hunterian Museum, London
thelondondead.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-irish-giant-charles-byrne-1761-1783.html
Irish Lives – Charles Byrne
irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/irish-lives-1.1241279
Free Charles Byrne project: freecharlesbyrne.com
What do you think? Remains should be displayed and learned from, or that we should #FreeCharlesByrne?
Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible!
patreon.com/thegooddeath
MY BOOKS on the funeral industry and death around the world (hardcover, ebook, or audiobook): amzn.to/2kZpIFS
Order in the UK: amzn.to/2x2Z2aL
Co-Op Funeral Home in Seattle: http://funerals.coop/
Undertaking LA: undertakingla.com
***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME***
Website: orderofthegooddeath.com
Twitter: twitter.com/thegooddeath
Facebook: ow.ly/Zz8PW
Instagram: instagram.com/thegooddeath
***CREDITS***
Mortician: Caitlin Doughty
Writing & Research: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1)
Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair)
***LEARN MORE***
“Why the Skelton of the ‘Irish Giant’ Could Be Buried at Sea”
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-skeleton-irish-giant-could-be-buried-sea-180969443
“Making Kinship with Human Remains: Repatriation, Biomedicine and the Many Relations of Charles Byrne”
Nash, Catherine. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Volume OnlineFirst: 1 – Jan 1, 2018
“The Tallest Man in England”
stgeorges.nhs.uk/about/history/st-georges-hospital/the-tallest-man-in-england
“Why a London Museum Should Return the Stolen Bones of an Irish Giant”
theconversation.com/why-a-london-museum-should-return-the-stolen-bones-of-an-irish-giant-94774
“The Saga Of The Irish Giant’s Bones Dismays Medical Ethicists”
npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/13/514117230/the-saga-of-the-irish-giants-bones-dismays-medical-ethicists
“After Sustained Campaign, Irish Giant’s Bones May Finally Be Released From London Museum”
http://www.thejournal.ie/charles-byrne-remains-4083747-Jun2018/
“A Living Colossus; the Surprising Irish Giant – Charles Byrne (1761-1783), the Hunterian Museum, London
thelondondead.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-irish-giant-charles-byrne-1761-1783.html
Irish Lives – Charles Byrne
irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/irish-lives-1.1241279
Free Charles Byrne project: freecharlesbyrne.com
