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- James_Kirkland_(Irish_giant) abstract "James Kirkland (fl. 1730) was an Irish giant and a member of the Potsdam Giants who served under Frederick William I of Prussia, known as the “Soldier King”. He was just over seven foot tall, and was a native of Ballygar, County Longford.Kirkland was in 1730 a footman to Baron Borck, at the time Prussian Ambassador to London. Borck, however, did not really need a footman, and had Kirkland forcibly impressed upon a Prussian ship at Portsmouth, where he was press-ganged into the Potsdam Guards.It is claimed that he was accompanied in the regiment by other tall soldiers from Ireland. One of his fellow soldiers was the poet, Tomás Ó Caiside (c.1709-1773?). A portrait of Kirkland survives.".
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- James_Kirkland_(Irish_giant) subject Category:18th-century_Irish_people.
- James_Kirkland_(Irish_giant) subject Category:Irish_expatriates_in_Germany.
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- James_Kirkland_(Irish_giant) comment "James Kirkland (fl. 1730) was an Irish giant and a member of the Potsdam Giants who served under Frederick William I of Prussia, known as the “Soldier King”. He was just over seven foot tall, and was a native of Ballygar, County Longford.Kirkland was in 1730 a footman to Baron Borck, at the time Prussian Ambassador to London.".
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