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With the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that began the liberation of Europe from Nazi control, let us praise an obscure woman.

Now, as we approach the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that began the liberation of Europe from Nazi control, let us praise an obscure woman.

Plans are being put in place to celebrate Blacksods role in Normandy invasion for 80th anniversary

Irish postmistress whose weather recordings convinced Eisenhower to delay the D-Day landings

In 1944, on her 21st birthday, she helped determine the outcome of World War II

Maureen Flavin was a postal clerk on a remote stretch of the Irish coast in 1944. On her 21st birthday, she helped determine the outcome of World War II.

Maureen Sweeney’s weather data from western Ireland offered the first clues of a major storm, leading to a one-day delay in the D-Day invasion in 1944.

She helped save General Eisenhower’s invasion from potential disaster, enabling the Allies to gain a foothold in France that proved essential to victory in World War II.

Now, as we approach the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that began the liberation of Europe from Nazi control, let us praise an obscure woman.

Now, as we approach the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that began the liberation of Europe from Nazi control, let us praise an obscure woman.Her name was Maureen Sweeney, and she went to her grave at age 100 just six months ago – her heroics noted by few, her legacy the small but indispensable […]