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Tallest Irish Man

  • 24-12-2012 9:04pm
    #1
    goulders
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭


    Curious to find out what height / who is the tallest Irishman living.


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  • #2
    Panthro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,824 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Google the question perhaps?


  • #3
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    I know someone who claims to be 6' 10".


  • #4
    chughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    Is Michael D Higgins a contender?


  • #5
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    chughes wrote: »
    Is Michael D Higgins a contender?

    Who mentioned hobbits?


  • #6
    TheChizler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,474 ✭✭✭TheChizler


    I know Ireland's tallest dwarf if it helps.


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  • #7
    Esoteric_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    My ex is 6'10. He's the tallest person I've ever seen. :pac:


  • #8
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    LyndaMcL wrote: »
    My ex is 6'10. He's the tallest person I've ever seen. :pac:

    Was his name Roger?


  • #9
    Nervous Nigel
    Site Banned Posts: 240 ✭✭Nervous Nigel


    Devon Toner is 6'10...


  • #10
    Esoteric_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    juan.kerr wrote: »
    Was his name Roger?

    No, Shaun.


  • #11
    Witcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,638 ✭✭✭✭Witcher


    It's this man;

    http://www.thetallestman.com/shaunaisbitt.htm

    He only lives down the road from me, I remember being told he was the tallest man in Ireland and my googling just confirmed it:pac:


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  • #12
    yer man!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭yer man!


    There's a model of him in the wax works in Dublin


  • #13
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Blay wrote: »
    It's this man;

    http://www.thetallestman.com/shaunaisbitt.html

    He only lives down the road from me, I remember being told he was the tallest man in Ireland and my googling just confirmed it:pac:

    not with a broken link it doesn't


  • #14
    Rhys Essien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭Rhys Essien


    The Irish Giant - Charles Byrne

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Byrne_(giant)


  • #15
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,946 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    http://www.thetallestman.com/shaunaisbitt.htm


  • #16
    fuerte1976
    Closed Accounts Posts: 692 ✭✭✭fuerte1976


    Dunno. I'm 6 ft 1 in and there's a young fella (18 ish) in Killarney and he's a serious beanpole. Tis strange to have to strain so much see his gob. Must be 7 ft ...


  • #17
    Rhys Essien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭Rhys Essien


    The tallest Irishman ever was Patrick Cotter from Cork who was 8'1".
    His giant boots are on display in Kinsale museum.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cotter_O%27Brien


  • #18
    Dutchy
    Registered Users Posts: 530 ✭✭✭Dutchy


    My mate is 7 ft tall - he is from Leixlip. Article about him and buying clothes in the examiner a couple of weeks ago.


  • #19
    seanmacc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 771 ✭✭✭seanmacc


    I used to play basketball against a guy by the name of Conor Tolan. He was from Artane and was 7ft 1. He went to the states on a basketball scholarship ten years ago and has lived there ever since. His playing career has tanked though I believe.


  • #20
    Israel_Dagg
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 454 ✭✭Israel_Dagg


    I'm the tallest lying horizontally ;) :pac:


  • #21
    bootybouncer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 495 ✭✭bootybouncer


    seanmacc wrote: »
    I used to play basketball against a guy by the name of Conor Tolan. He was from Artane and was 7ft 1. He went to the states on a basketball scholarship ten years ago and has lived there ever since. His playing career has tanked though I believe.

    hes back in ireland a long time now....i worked with him for a year in trinity college, before i moved on, hes still there .......hes 7ft


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  • #22
    seanmacc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 771 ✭✭✭seanmacc


    bootybouncer wrote: »
    hes back in ireland a long time now....i worked with him for a year in trinity college, before i moved on, hes still there .......hes 7ft

    Played against him a good few times at U19 level. Not the most mobile or skillful players but was an absolute bitch to have to play against, there was no stopping him under the boards. I think it was the Killester match programmes that upgraded him to 7 ft 1 when he was playing national league.


  • #23
    bootybouncer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 495 ✭✭bootybouncer


    seanmacc wrote: »
    Played against him a good few times at U19 level. Not the most mobile or skillful players but was an absolute bitch to have to play against, there was no stopping him under the boards. I think it was the Killester match programmes that upgraded him to 7 ft 1 when he was playing national league.

    a monster alright, a nice chap


  • #24
    RoundBox11
    Registered Users Posts: 854 ✭✭✭RoundBox11


    There's also Pat Burke whose 6'11". Only irish born person to play in the NBA.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Burke


  • #25
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,669 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    There's a guy who lives a few miles from me who is 6ft11"

    He is very skinny though, it seems common enough that some really tall lads do be quite thin as well.


  • #26
    stop animal cruelty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,012 ✭✭✭stop animal cruelty


    fuerte1976 wrote: »
    Dunno. I'm 6 ft 1 in and there's a young fella (18 ish) in Killarney and he's a serious beanpole. Tis strange to have to strain so much see his gob. Must be 7 ft ...

    know who you're on about, he's not Irish tho :pac:


  • #27
    MFdaveIreland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 588 ✭✭✭MFdaveIreland


    Bump, Sean ohagan from county Down, 6:11, 185 kg he does strongman competitions,


  • #28
    Reedsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 562 ✭✭✭Reedsie


    Rhys Essien wrote: »
    The tallest Irishman ever was Patrick Cotter from Cork who was 8'1".
    His giant boots are on display in Kinsale museum.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cotter_O%27Brien

    From that wiki:
    Patrick Cotter O'Brien (19 January 1760 – 8 September 1806)
    In his will, Cotter left £2,000 to his mother and a request that his body be entombed within twelve feet of solid rock (to prevent exhumation for scientific or medical research).

    In 1972 his remains were examined     (:rolleyes:) and it was determined that, while alive, he stood approximately 8 feet 1 inch (246 cm) tall.... An arm of Cotter's is currently preserved in the Medical Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London.

    FFS.


    RIP


  • #29
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,650 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    juan.kerr wrote: »
    I know someone who claims to be 6' 10".

    I know a fellow who is 6 11


  • #30
    Wicklowal
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭Wicklowal


    A gentleman from Naas Co Kildare must be up there... Johnny Burke - 7' 2" tall. He is a basketball coach in Truman High School in The Bronx in NYC but was born and bred in Naas, attended Naas CBS and graduated in 1989. A nicer guy you wont meet.


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  • #31
    ManofStraw
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭ManofStraw


    Wicklowal wrote: »
    A gentleman from Naas Co Kildare must be up there... Johnny Burke - 7' 2" tall. He is a basketball coach in Truman High School in The Bronx in NYC but was born and bred in Naas, attended Naas CBS and graduated in 1989. A nicer guy you wont meet.

    +1 a true gent, he is 7' exactly though


  • #32
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,268 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    As soon as I saw this thread I knew Conor would be mentioned. Very useful guy to have on a night out: he's good craic, very easy to find in a crowd and some women will literally approach him just to get a photograph, very handy when you're single! ;)


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