Hugh O'Flaherty
Subtitle: his wartime adventures
By: Alison Walsh
Publisher: Collins Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cork
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781848890589
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Escapes; Priests; Underground movements; Clergy; Juvenile literature; Catholic Church; Biography; History
Description: A Kerryman who loved sport, Hugh O'Flaherty was cheerful and full of energy. He was in Rome when the Second World War broke out and when Mussolini sided with Hitler. From his safe base in the Vatican, he developed a network of contacts, including donors of money and food, to help escaped prisoners of war and others whose lives were in danger.