Che Guevara's father said the 'blood of Ireland's rebels' flowed through his son's veins An Irish stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara has aroused the ire of Cuban-Americans.

Che Guevara played a key role in the Cuban revolution that overthrew the dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He was the son of a civil engineer with Irish roots, Ernesto Guevara Lynch.