简介：DuringtheGermanoccupationofRomefrom1943-1944,KerrymanMonsignorHughOFlahertyrananescapeorganisationforAlliedPOWsandcivilians,includingJews.Hebuiltanetworkofcontactsandsafelocationsandhishelpersincludedcommunists,Britishsoldiers,thesingerDeliaMurphyandmanyothers.Theworkwasdangerous.SafewithintheVaticanState,heregularlyventuredoutindisguisetocontinuehismission,whichearnedhimthenicknameofthePimperneloftheVatican.Kappler,theGestapochiefinRome,orderedhimcapturedorkilled.WhentheAlliesenteredRomeinJune1944,OFlahertyandhiscolleagueshadsavedover4,000lives.AfterthewarKapplerwassentencedtolifeimprisonmentandhisonlyvisitor,monthly,wasOFlaherty.OFlahertywasawardedthehighesthonoursincludingaCBE(UK),theCongressionalMedal(US)andwasthefirstIrishmannamedNotaryoftheHolyOffice.HeretiredtoCahersiveen,CoKerryin1960.In1963EightmillionviewerswatchedhimonBBCsThisIsYourLife.Withinmonthshehaddied.Newspapersallovertheworldreportedhisdeath.YettheonlymonumenttohiminIrelandisagroveofItaliantreesplantedinKillarneyNationalParkin1994byhisfamilyandfriends.ThenameofthisgreatandgoodmanislargelyforgotteninhisnativeIreland.PimpernelsaVaticantellshisremarkablestory.…