Over 100 people from the Lanesborough area have travelled to Rome for the commemoration of a local priest.
Father Joseph Mullooly was remembered earlier this evening at a special event led by the European Ambassador to the Holy See, Martin Selmayr.
The Longford farmer travelled to the Italian capital in the 1800s, where he became a pioneering archaeologist, risking his life to safeguard the Basilica of San Clemente.
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The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola praised the Irish priest as someone who contributed 'another chapter to the story of the Eternal City.'
Speaking from Rome, local MEP Ciaran Mullooly says there was a great turnout for the commemoration of his distant cousin:
