The Bizarre Tale of Giants & Their Embalmed Bodies

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • Patrick Murphy (1834-1862) was an Irish giant, born in County Down of parents James Murphy and mother Peggy (née Cunningham), who exhibited himself as a means of income.
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  • @Lorriann63
    @Lorriann63 Месяц назад +18

    It wouldn't have been an easy life for him back then, and I'm glad they brought him back to be buried in this beautiful place. Thank you for Patrick's story, GV.

  • @SerenitySueGraveyards
    @SerenitySueGraveyards Месяц назад +10

    What a great story, Patrick is resting in a very beautiful place

  • @jacquelinedenambtman
    @jacquelinedenambtman Месяц назад +10

    great story about Patrick Murphy........ thanks for sharing.... beautiful graveyard.......

  • @artcuriel5449
    @artcuriel5449 Месяц назад +11

    Beautiful. Green rolling hills. This is how I picture Ireland.

  • @ReggieWarrhol
    @ReggieWarrhol Месяц назад +13

    Looks like a very serene place for a final rest. Interesting story about Patrick Murphy, thanks for sharing it.

  • @Takaho31
    @Takaho31 Месяц назад +7

    0:45 what a gorgeous, beautiful view & location.
    I could sleep there for 1,000 years, as the Velvet Underground song says.

  • @Liz_678
    @Liz_678 Месяц назад +8

    Beautiful graveyard! Well kept. Very interesting story. So glad his friends gave him a beautiful stone❤❤

  • @belindawilson1350
    @belindawilson1350 Месяц назад +6

    Evening GV and Sue . A lovely place .Amazing story about Patrick the giant. The cross and church still stand tall after all these years.Thank you so much.❤

  • @vdimasteremeritus
    @vdimasteremeritus Месяц назад +5

    Such a lovely graveyard. So full of history. Unfortunately for giants, they don’t tend to live long. He likely had a tumor on his pituitary gland which controls growth hormone. They lead physically challenging lives and often resort to making a living in circuses. I hope he rests in peace. Great surname however. Matches my own…

  • @sallykohorst8803
    @sallykohorst8803 Месяц назад +5

    Hello G V and thanks for sharing. GIANTS ARE INTERESTING AS ARE SMALL PEOPLE.

  • @sandylang9766
    @sandylang9766 Месяц назад +5

    What an amazing cemetery beautiful backgrounds

  • @nadiabrook7871
    @nadiabrook7871 Месяц назад +4

    What an ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS graveyard!! I love the BEAUTIFUL surroundings!! 🤗👍👏💕❤
    RIP Patrick Murphy!!💔😭🌹

  • @heavensstars4025
    @heavensstars4025 Месяц назад +4

    Very beautiful scenery. Thank you for sharing this, and God bless! ✝️🙏💖💕

  • @iamshotty
    @iamshotty Месяц назад +2

    A peaceful and serene resting place for Patrick Murphy. Thank you so much GV for sharing this beautiful graveyard xx Teresa 🇦🇺🤍

  • @cathymcglasson6947
    @cathymcglasson6947 Месяц назад +4

    Thanks for showing this one he left this earth way to soon.

  • @lisahusted1543
    @lisahusted1543 Месяц назад +4

    What a beautiful place to be buried. What an amazing story. Thank you for sharing

    • @maryb1783
      @maryb1783 Месяц назад +1

      It’s a beautiful place to live too

    • @lisahusted1543
      @lisahusted1543 Месяц назад

      @@maryb1783 it looks like it. I wish I had the means to move there

  • @maryleeswope3353
    @maryleeswope3353 Месяц назад +4

    Interesting story GV. Thank you...and lovely cemetary

  • @Copenhagendreamer
    @Copenhagendreamer Месяц назад +4

    Beautiful green pastures and mountains surrounding this very wellkept cemetery with lovely flowers on the graves. Interesting story, poor Guy. Smallpox was very dangerous back then.

  • @valariebedard2164
    @valariebedard2164 Месяц назад +1

    Very interesting.. informative and well presented.. Nicely done. History mystery....😊🎉

  • @susanh3342
    @susanh3342 Месяц назад +3

    Hi GV, beautiful cemetery, so nice to see how well kept it is. 😊

  • @barry_uk
    @barry_uk Месяц назад +3

    What a beautiful place to rest. Thank you Cathal for this interesting video.

  • @PaulSmith-pz9eq
    @PaulSmith-pz9eq Месяц назад +3

    Thank you GV

  • @tracysmith3076
    @tracysmith3076 Месяц назад +1

    It was so sweet that the people who cared about Patrick did all this for him. I wonder if his parents were still alive? Thank you for sharing his story. RIP Patrick ❤

  • @adrianarosa217
    @adrianarosa217 Месяц назад +3

    Beautiful👍👍👍

  • @angiehoward7261
    @angiehoward7261 Месяц назад +1

    Nice remembering of Patrick Murry. I have degenerative disc disease and young woman I was 5'10". Now I am 5'9". The taller a person is the more bone problems can occur. That is my doctors explanation of my shrinking down so much. Perhaps Mr. Murray had the same issue. He had a cane. Thank you for sharing.

  • @Jkk55
    @Jkk55 Месяц назад +2

    Good one GV a lovely cemetery I heard voices like whispering 👻👻👻👻

  • @janetslicer3637
    @janetslicer3637 Месяц назад

    Great story about Patrick Murphy. I love the Celtic cross at the top of his grave. It is beautiful. I forget how green Northern Ireland is. I liked this graveyard with the very old church. The best were the headstones that looked run-of-the-mill but the designs at the tops of each were intricate, unique cut designs. Very pretty - all of it. ♥️☘️

  • @michaelbedinger4121
    @michaelbedinger4121 Месяц назад

    Beautiful ruins and graveyard. Very interesting story about Patrick Murphy, may he rest in peace 🙏
    Great video, thank you very much GV and Sue. Have a great weekend 😀

  • @clarekelly6129
    @clarekelly6129 Месяц назад +2

    Great video GV, but my gosh that scenery 😍😍😍 made me want to dig out my passport and visit beautiful Ireland again. I haven't been over for 5 years and that's 4 years 11 months too long 🇨🇮

  • @user-gf9bf3de5x
    @user-gf9bf3de5x Месяц назад +1

    Thanks GV really interesting video stunning views, safe travels 👍

  • @jerryduhon1075
    @jerryduhon1075 Месяц назад +3

    AWESOME VIDEO THANK YOU

  • @TheSilentForgotten
    @TheSilentForgotten Месяц назад

    Very nice video..beautiful view and graveyard.....also interesting story..I love these!!!

  • @aliciabrewer9444
    @aliciabrewer9444 Месяц назад

    So many beautiful cemeteries there in Ireland, those mountains out in the distance are so beautiful...
    Thank you for sharing Patrick's story, he should always be remembered not forgotten.
    I always look for a notification for your video's, I love watching them.🙂🩷

  • @tomsdotter3228
    @tomsdotter3228 Месяц назад +1

    What a story! Im glad Patrick has such a beautiful place to rest. Gorgeous scenery. Thanks so much GV!

  • @elizabethlewis3509
    @elizabethlewis3509 Месяц назад +2

    Great history lesson

  • @lilliankeane5731
    @lilliankeane5731 Месяц назад

    Lovely peaceful cemetary. ♥️. I enjoyed the stroll through it, it was great to see the respect still given for the markers.

  • @DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw
    @DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw Месяц назад

    What beautiful scenery with the grand old cemetary. So sad he died so young like so many did back then from disease😢. Excellent video GV, love the old church as always. Thanx for remembering and for your time❤😊. Love you guys😊❤

  • @CobwebCottage
    @CobwebCottage Месяц назад +1

    Fascinating report and video. I'd heard of this man from my father who told me a little about this mans story when I was a child, so to hear your own telling of Mr. Murphy's story and to visit his grave with you felt really special. Thank you for sharing.

  • @minerran
    @minerran Месяц назад +1

    Interesting story of Mr. Murphy. Thanks for that.

  • @mysticmimaw
    @mysticmimaw Месяц назад +2

    Great location and story. Thanks GV!! Stay spooky ☠️☠️

  • @racheallange2056
    @racheallange2056 Месяц назад +1

    Beautiful landscape..
    RIP Mr.Murphy.

  • @cemeteriesdownunder9247
    @cemeteriesdownunder9247 Месяц назад

    very cool story GV ❤ and love those rolling green hills view from the top of the cemetery

  • @cathys7087
    @cathys7087 Месяц назад

    Thanks GV. Such beautiful hills in the background. What a peaceful looking resting place.

  • @catherinecole5335
    @catherinecole5335 Месяц назад

    Great looking place interesting story

  • @suepato74
    @suepato74 Месяц назад +1

    Beautiful ❤️

  • @dwightsteele4027
    @dwightsteele4027 Месяц назад +1

    Your videos are always great, but this one was especially interesting. Thank you for regularly posting your excellent videos for us 🕊️❤️😊

  • @JeanCrosby
    @JeanCrosby Месяц назад +1

    Hello Grave Visitations, what a cool video. I can't even imagine building a ten-foot coffin. Sad to hear he died of Smallpox. I hope you and Serenity Sue can come to the States and visit New England where I originally from. I think you will find that Vermont is a lot like Ireland. Keep these videos coming. I enjoy them a lot. Cheers Jean Crosby Nashville TN USA

    • @petergibson2318
      @petergibson2318 Месяц назад

      “Vermont” means “Green Mountain” in French. Green like “The Mountains of Mourne” in this video.

    • @petergibson2318
      @petergibson2318 Месяц назад

      The body of Admiral Nelson was brought home in a barrel of rum to preserve his body. (Strong alcohol is a preservative). They probably did the same for Patrick Murphy.

  • @claired3764
    @claired3764 Месяц назад +1

    New subscriber here, I have binge watched your videos! there are so many beautiful cemeteries in Ireland. I would love to visit them. ❤ from Edinburgh

  • @peterredfern1174
    @peterredfern1174 Месяц назад

    Top number GV,hop out of the rain mate,May Patrick and all R.I.P safe travels mate,🙏🙏👋👍🇦🇺

  • @automatedelectronics6062
    @automatedelectronics6062 Месяц назад +1

    These "giants" are impressive when you see them in person. I knew another "giant" at 7' 2" who lived in my area for his last 20 or so years, Richard Kiel. The only villain, "Jaws", to appear in 2 James Bond movies. A gentle giant and a very kind man. He passed in 2014 and is buried in a simple grave in Fresno, CA.

  • @MackWilliams-oz2cz
    @MackWilliams-oz2cz Месяц назад

    Those mountains remind me so much of the mountains of North Carolina where my grandparents and other relatives lived!

  • @zorabryce5493
    @zorabryce5493 Месяц назад

    Thank you so much for your very interesting commentary. RIP Patrick Murphy. Stay safe and keep well, from Zora in Australia.

  • @stephenharvey7868
    @stephenharvey7868 Месяц назад

    Hi GV bit late, just viewed Sues video. 28 not very old poor Patrick. Some nice headstones still readable . Nice cross for Patrick, liked the video.

    • @GraveVisitations
      @GraveVisitations  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks Stephen 👍 check out my mort safe grave video I put up last night

  • @tompena7487
    @tompena7487 Месяц назад

    Amazing vlog thanks

  • @Marksillerymusic
    @Marksillerymusic Месяц назад

    Fantastic story about Patrick Murphy.. brilliantly soggy video GV

  • @humphries71
    @humphries71 Месяц назад +1

    great video g v

  • @peterb3772
    @peterb3772 Месяц назад +1

    I really appreciated this video, GV, particularly the story about Patrick Murphy. The scenery in the background was beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

  • @johnhealey8241
    @johnhealey8241 Месяц назад +1

    glad yourback in norther ireland gread story of patrick murphy

  • @sonnytaylor3003
    @sonnytaylor3003 Месяц назад

    Awesome find!

  • @maryannchaisson6742
    @maryannchaisson6742 Месяц назад +1

    What a beautiful cemetery! Wonderful video. Best wishes from Canada.🇨🇦❤️🤗

  • @megsmysteries8968
    @megsmysteries8968 Месяц назад +3

    Wow.👻💀👻

  • @ShelArmstrong
    @ShelArmstrong Месяц назад

    Hi GV hope you are well what a beautiful grave yard thanks for sharing Patrick story thanks again take care 👍

  • @joelhurley2678
    @joelhurley2678 Месяц назад

    Cathal thiswas a great video and really enjoyed it, and I'm really glad since you were in Down County, that it wasn't a real Downer of a story.😅

  • @thesparklingunicorn8543
    @thesparklingunicorn8543 Месяц назад

    Patrick Murphy may you reast in peace your story really interested me thankyou for sharing your video and this story I really love Irish history as I've got Irish heritage

  • @davidfenn4444
    @davidfenn4444 Месяц назад +4

    Sounds like a tall story to me.😂

  • @maureenalder8905
    @maureenalder8905 Месяц назад

    Beautiful graveyard..Wonderful story of Patrick Murphy sad he died so young..Rest In Peace 🙏

  • @rodolfoayalajr.8589
    @rodolfoayalajr.8589 Месяц назад

    Handsome young man. Thank you for sharing this video. May he rip Amen 🙏.

  • @quentincollins1825
    @quentincollins1825 Месяц назад +2

    An autopsy probably would have revealed his organs were all larger than normal...save for his liver, which would have been of standard Irish proportions. 😉🍀🍻

  • @Just_Granny
    @Just_Granny Месяц назад

    Lovely video. I love how you pronounce Murphy, my maiden name 😊. May Patrick rest in peace 🙏🏻

  • @brendacanter9768
    @brendacanter9768 Месяц назад

    Glad he got to see some of the world before he passed❤ May He Rest In Peace❤

  • @MackWilliams-oz2cz
    @MackWilliams-oz2cz Месяц назад

    About that tombstone to which a later brass plaque was added, the brass was so highly reflective of the mass of clover in front of it, that when I first saw it, I thought a perfect rectangular hole had been cut in the stone; and that I was looking through it to more clover beyond!

  • @johndean5251
    @johndean5251 Месяц назад

    Beautiful

  • @garywarren-gh8os
    @garywarren-gh8os Месяц назад +3

    I had a friend in high school that when we graduated he was at the height of 8 foot 4 inch tall I'm 5'3''' ta!l and we had the same waist size.

  • @monicamorar8047
    @monicamorar8047 Месяц назад +1

    RIP Patrick 🖤🌹
    Grazie GV ❤ per averci fare vedere la tomba di questo ragazzo gigante

  • @Oldnoitall
    @Oldnoitall Месяц назад

    Thanks Again!! : ))

  • @JackyHeijmans
    @JackyHeijmans Месяц назад

    Sounds like you caught another EVP right at the end, after you said your goodbye. I hope Patrick will rest in peace, thank you for the story. ❤

  • @venivendivici888
    @venivendivici888 Месяц назад

    So beautiful, thank you!

  • @Ali70PlusandFabulous
    @Ali70PlusandFabulous Месяц назад

    What gorgeous countryside! Thank you! Poor man. It must have been very difficult life for him.

    • @GraveVisitations
      @GraveVisitations  Месяц назад +1

      Being so tall has its defaults I suppose. Bad health and bones

  • @annfahy2589
    @annfahy2589 Месяц назад

    Oh youve found a beautiful place to visit💚😊

  • @annfahy2589
    @annfahy2589 Месяц назад

    Thats very interesting G V.awh poor man

  • @Brandonishome2024
    @Brandonishome2024 Месяц назад

    thank you friend for the beautiful video

  • @markdooley2715
    @markdooley2715 Месяц назад

    Great video mate 👍🏻 ☘️

  • @writerdirect
    @writerdirect Месяц назад +1

    evening from nyc; another movie idea; what if you and sue are doing your walks your explorations; but this time something follows you home

  • @Pocket-Watch
    @Pocket-Watch Месяц назад

    A very interesting character. Great video once again, thank you

  • @jacquelinesmedley7853
    @jacquelinesmedley7853 Месяц назад

    GV I wonder about these grave burials inside these small churches and it doesn't seem to make sense to me to bury people in them when it was in use, so perhaps people got permission to be buried after it was de-consecrated and closed, just thinking? lovely video thanks x

  • @em6577
    @em6577 Месяц назад

    Beautiful graveyard.... ❤

  • @brandonjones3727
    @brandonjones3727 Месяц назад

    The scenario is beautiful place to be laid to rest…

  • @marierowe5969
    @marierowe5969 Месяц назад

    Great history ..great people X thankyou

  • @Corgis175
    @Corgis175 Месяц назад +1

    Quite a tall guy back in the day.

  • @johnbastien3872
    @johnbastien3872 Месяц назад

    That is a very nice view.

  • @markporter-thechurchhistor6784
    @markporter-thechurchhistor6784 Месяц назад

    It would be great to find his bed frame that was used years later as a window frame!Great video mate😀

  • @jimwilliamson733
    @jimwilliamson733 Месяц назад

    What a beautiful cemetery with lots of history

  • @TyhlerNovac
    @TyhlerNovac Месяц назад +2

    Don't forget that there was another giant called Walter Ludlow

    • @GraveVisitations
      @GraveVisitations  Месяц назад +2

      I've heard of him in America

    • @dm607
      @dm607 Месяц назад +1

      Do you mean Robert Wadlow?

  • @jbthor9032
    @jbthor9032 21 день назад

    In the Star Wars trilogy Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca was 7'2. Pat would've been an even taller Wookie.

  • @AsifIqbal-rv1lp
    @AsifIqbal-rv1lp Месяц назад

    Bro
    U enter in old and wornout places like graveyards
    U have a long wooden stick in your hand and check the long grass and bushes so some snake types of things might present and after checking then proceed.
    I m very fond of ur vlogs
    Asif from Pakistan

  • @petergibson2318
    @petergibson2318 Месяц назад

    That area is in the famous “Mountains of Mourne”. The American singer Don McClean sang about them.
    “…but I’d much rather be….where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea.”

  • @tinasavage674
    @tinasavage674 Месяц назад

    Oh what a shame he passed so young gv 😊 I would love to be tall wasn't to be 😊

  • @timothymarshall6709
    @timothymarshall6709 Месяц назад +1

    Maybe packed on ice so no putrefaction🤢 would start.

  • @jacquelinesmedley7853
    @jacquelinesmedley7853 Месяц назад +1

    There is documented evidence that giants used to exist and their DNA is passed down to this day that is why you see the occasion of unusually tall people. x

  • @kennysr.1054
    @kennysr.1054 Месяц назад

    👍