On Saint Paddy’s Day of course everyone claims to have Celtic blood and it’s no different in Buenos Aires. St. Patrick’s Day Parade There is an annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade to help the more than 500,000 Irish in Argentina celebrate. This year, celebrations will take place on Saint Patrick’s Day, Sunday, the 17th […]
The Irish in Argentina
“The first thing to note is that in my son’s veins flowed the blood of the Irish rebels.” —Ernesto Guevara Lynch, speaking of his son, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. Everyone knows the iconic image of Argentina’s Che Guevara, but few know that the revolutionary was of Irish heritage, along with roughly a half a million […]
