Cork village to commemorate local priest who saved 6,500 Jews, POWs and airmen in Second World War

Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty became such a legend that he was portrayed by Gregory Peck in the Hollywood blockbuster 'The Scarlet and The Black'

Lieutenant General John C.H. Lee presents the US Congressional Medal of Freedom to Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty (right) in Rome in 1946.

A Second World War hero who saved the lives of more than 6,500 Jews, prisoners-of-war and allied airmen is to be immortalised in the village in Co Cork where he was born.

Plans have been put in place to create a large mural, information board and plaque in the North Cork village of Kiskeam to commemorate the extraordinary life of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty.