[Leica] IMG: Dickie Harris and me

[Douglas Barry]

We went on holiday for a few days to my brother's place in Kilkee, Co. 
Clare last weekend.

One of the local heroes is the late actor Richard Harris - Camelot, A 
Man called Horse, Dumbledore in Harry Potter. etc., etc. - who won the 
Tivoli Cup for a record four years in a row from 1948 to 1951. The Cup 
is for racquetball and has been played for since 1935, while this local 
variant of racquetball - possibly the original - has been played here on 
the beach since the 19th century, and is reputed to have been codified 
for the first time in Kilkee. The games are held on the beach when the 
tide is out, and each summer, sections of the high sea wall are painted 
white and used as courts. Harris who was also a brilliant schools rugby 
player, apparently dominated all in his day, and his achievement has 
never been equalled.

Harris who kept a house in Kilkee for most of his life, had a statue 
erected in his honour after his death. Personally, I don't think the 
statue does him justice as the resemblance is poor.

Anyway, as it is on the side of the scenic cliff walk overlooking the 
Atlantic, it attracts all types - including old fat men. Here is one, 
being photo-bombed as his wife takes a photo of him. I have no idea who 
the child is.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Kilkee+2017+Harris.jpg.html

Douglas