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Clodagh Finn: A West Cork wartime heroine who fought against the Nazis

Clodagh Finn: A West Cork wartime heroine who fought against the Nazis

Angela 'Ciss' O'Mahony who joined the French Resistance and was arrested by the Gestapo. Picture courtesy of her niece, Ann Buckley

So many lessons come down to us from the past, if only we could hear, not to mind heed them.

This week, for instance, just as a far-right party secured victory in a state election in Germany for the first time since the Second World War, a story emerges of an overlooked Corkwoman whose work with the French Resistance saved the lives of others.

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