More saloon lore

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013

More Saloonlore

Che Guevara, Marxist revolutionary, military commander, physician, and folk hero, was born in Argentina.  His real name was Ernesto Guevara Lynch.  That’s right LYNCH.  Named for his father, the family descends from Irish immigrants to Argentina (Argentina has the fifth largest Irish population in the world).  The family was well aware of their Irish roots, and when asked why his son did what he did, his father explained that “the blood of Irish revolutionaries flows in his veins.”

And Che demonstrated many practices commonly associated with the Irish personality.  An avid reader with a life-long love of poetry, he was an exceptional student, a well respected Rugby player, and an avid socialist from early adolescence.