Maureen Flavin Sweeney

Maureen Flavin Sweeney was a quiet Irish weather observer whose crucial observations on her 21st birthday helped delay the D-Day invasion by six days. Her weather readings from Blacksod Bay were pivotal in averting a storm that could have jeopardized the D-Day operations. Though she lived a quiet life, she was honored with a U.S. medal at the age of 100 for her significant contribution to World War II.