Hugh O'Flaherty: a prolific letter writer himself, he would be delighted that he is being commemorated with an An Post stamp
Today, An Post celebrates the centenary of Hugh O’Flaherty’s ordination by launching a commemorative stamp in his honour. Fittingly, given the motto of the Kerry priest and anti- Nazi activist – “God has no country” - the stamp is for worldwide post.
Born in 1898, Hugh was raised in Killarney. After ordination, he moved at the age of 28 to the Vatican where he acquired three doctorates. September 1943 to June 1944 saw the Nazi occupation of Rome.
With friends including Irish folk singer Delia Murphy and British ambassador D’Arcy Osborne, he assembled a network of activists that hid thousands of fugitives, including many escaped Allied prisoners of
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