She is credited with saving around 120 men through her work with the French resistance during World War II
Sr Kate McCarthy from Drimoleague worked as a nurse in France during the First World War and returned to the country at the outbreak of the war to set up one of the first resistance groups in France.
Sr Kate was awarded for her actions by the French and British, and spent the rest of her life working at the Honan Home in the city until her death in 1971.
Speaking to RedFM News, local historian Catherine Fleming says even though she was captured, Sr Kate remained determined to frustrate the German war effort:
