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D-day anniversary - Maureen Sweeney's historical role

A weather report from an unsuspecting 21-year-old Mayo woman, Maureen Sweeney, played a key role ...

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12.07 6 Jun 2019


D-day anniversary - Maureen Sweeney's historical role


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12.07 6 Jun 2019


A weather report from an unsuspecting 21-year-old Mayo woman, Maureen Sweeney, played a key role in World War II's D-day.

Her son, Vincent Sweeney is the Blacksod Point Lighthouse Keeper and he details his mother's pivotal part in history's largest military operation.


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Andrea Gilligan Blacksod Point Lighthouse D-day D-day Anniversary History Kieran Cuddihy Maureen Sweeney Military Newstalk Newstalk Breakfast Shane Coleman Vincent Sweeney Weather Report World War II

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