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Certain Irish clans were known to be very tall, hence the “myth” of “Irish Giants”. And in Irelant today there are still very tall iIrish people with actual Irish surnames.
The same was true for certain areas of Scandinavia. Denmark being one area known for tall populations.
There were also very tall individuals from Gaelic Scottish clans who served as mercenaries, and who were routinely chosen based on height, and known as Gallowglass.
There were also the Jotunn/Jotnar from Norse sagas.
There’s also this article from the DailyMail that mentions a study of historic remains.
Basically, if you look at areas were you have really tall populations today, you can find historic references to giants, or really tall individuals in the historic record.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-457506/Myth-debunked-Our-medieval-ancestors-just-tall-says-new-study.html