Well, here's a bit more info about him, as well as another bog body. You can see closer pictures of his hand and such. You may be sorry you asked, though; his death was not even remotely pleasant.
http://irisharchaeology.ie/2011/08/irish-bog-bodies-recent-discoveries/
To sum up for those who don't want to click the link:
They believe he was a tall, "well-manicured" man, who was ritualistically tortured to death sometime between 362 B.C. - 175 B.C.
He "had holes cut in his upper arms through which a rope of hazel withies (thin, flexible branches often used for weaving baskets) was threaded in order to restrain him. He was then stabbed, his nipples sliced, before finally being cut in half across his torso."
This kind of "overkill" is apparently not uncommon to find on bodies discovered in bogs.
I have no idea how I failed to mention the most important part of the story:
They think this guy, as well as some of the other bog bodies, were at one point in line to be Kings, or attempted to be and failed.
The bog bodies all had their nipples "pinched and cut," and apparently "sucking king’s nipples was a gesture of submission in ancient Ireland. Cutting them would have made him incapable of kingship.”
They think he/they may have been an offering to a goddess.
http://irisharchaeology.ie/2011/08/irish-bog-bodies-recent-discoveries/
To sum up for those who don't want to click the link:
They believe he was a tall, "well-manicured" man, who was ritualistically tortured to death sometime between 362 B.C. - 175 B.C.
He "had holes cut in his upper arms through which a rope of hazel withies (thin, flexible branches often used for weaving baskets) was threaded in order to restrain him. He was then stabbed, his nipples sliced, before finally being cut in half across his torso."
This kind of "overkill" is apparently not uncommon to find on bodies discovered in bogs.
They think this guy, as well as some of the other bog bodies, were at one point in line to be Kings, or attempted to be and failed.
The bog bodies all had their nipples "pinched and cut," and apparently "sucking king’s nipples was a gesture of submission in ancient Ireland. Cutting them would have made him incapable of kingship.”
They think he/they may have been an offering to a goddess.