Maureen Sweeney, the Irishwoman whose weather forecasts were instrumental in the planning of the D-Day landings during World War II, lives to be 100 years old. Originally from Knockanure in Co ...

Spare a Thought for Weather Watcher Maureen Sweeney Who Made the Right Call for ... spare a thought for the young Irish woman who may have played the most important role of all in making the ...

A major turning point in World War II hinged on the weather observations of a 21-year-old woman. Maureen Flavin Sweeney wouldn't know the role her reports played in D-Day until a decade later.

Maureen Sweeney was a postal clerk at Blacksod Point on the northwest coast of Ireland, where one of her duties was to record data that fed into weather forecasts for the British Isles.

Maureen Sweeney was a postal clerk at Blacksod Point on the northwest coast of Ireland, where one of her duties was to record data that fed into weather forecasts for the British Isles.