Brendan Holland, Joint Honorable President and Committee Member of the Killeeshil & Clonaneese Historical Society in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Brendan has lived most of his life in the Dungannon area which is part of the genetic hotspot identified through Prof Korbonits’ research. He was treated in 1970 for gigantism at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, and in 2009, he met Prof Korbonits at the hospital during the filming of the documentary Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant directed by Ronan McCloskey in which Brendan played a prominent role. Brendan is committed to furthering the research of Prof Korbonits to find and treat other patients with gigantism and was an active researcher in the discovery of the gene in the local population where he lives. His story features prominently in this book. Brendan was also featured in the 2016 BBC documentary The Giant Gene. Over the last ten years, he has conducted his own research into the history of gigantism in the area and has been interviewed about his research and history on the NBC Today Show, BBC Radio 4, Irish Examiner, RTE Radio 1, and the BBC World Service.