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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Che O'Guevara - Kilkee
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 07:23:59 +0200
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Interesting story. It definitely enhanced Che?s reputation to be killed at a 
young age.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 08 Oct 2017, at 23:52, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> With the fiftieth anniversary of the feted, and fated, revolutionary hero 
> (and possible mass murderer) Che Guevara being celebrated (or reviled) in 
> Cuba and elsewhere, I was surprised to see that he had stayed in Kilkee 
> when his Aeroflot Tupolev had been grounded in Shannon Airport en route to 
> Moscow for his revolutionary lessons in the early 60s.
> 
> Che Guevara stayed here in Kilkee, Co. Clare.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Kilkee/Kilkee+2017+Che+Wall.jpg.html
> 
> Fuji X100S. See LARGE
> 
> Interestingly enough, an acquaintance of mine Jim Fitzpatrick did a design 
> featuring a black and white image of Che on a red background which wound 
> up emblazoned on many a teenager's t-shirt in the late 60s and 70s. The 
> design was based on Korda's iconic photograph.
> 
> The Irish Post Office has just issued a stamp to commemorate it. 
> https://www.irishtimes.com/news/consumer/famous-che-guevara-image-features-on-new-an-post-stamp-1.3248276
> 
> Jim - a fan of the revolution - was working in a summer job behind a bar 
> in Kilkee when Che and his minders came in. He recognised the stranger as 
> Che, and they had a chat as you do here in Ireland. After the death of Che 
> in Bolivia, Jim did the design to remember him. Ironically, Che had Irish 
> antecedents by the name of Lynch so he was sort of returning home.
> 
> Douglas
> who is a running dog of capitalism himself
> 
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