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Tipperary Giant Cornelius Magrath

Cornelius Magrath the Silvermines Giant,

The skeleton of Cornelius Magrath, the ‘Tipperary Giant,’ will be one of the exhibits on display in an exhibition, marking 300 years of medicine, at Dublin’s Trinity College, over the coming weeks.

The parents and siblings of Cornelius, who was born near the Silvermines, Nenagh, Co Tipperary, were […]