Cork village to honour heroic priest who saved 6,500 lives during World War II

Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty risked his life in Nazi-occupied Rome, organising escape routes that saved 6,500 people

Working on a mural of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty in his native village of Kiskeam, Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

A number of relatives of a heroic priest who saved thousands of Jewish and Allied soldiers’ lives during World War II are expected to attend the unveiling of a memorial to him in his native North Cork village on Sunday.

A new mural dedicated to the memory of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty will be unveiled in Kiskeam on Sunday at 2pm.