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The weather readings taken in Ireland鈥檚 remote west coast that saved the D-Day invasion

92-year-old Maureen Sweeney remembers the fateful days leading up to D-Day. She and her husband Vincent took barometer readings in Blacksod Bay on Ireland鈥檚 remote west coast. These showed a storm approaching from the Atlantic. This information led to the invasion being postponed by a day and thus ensured its success.

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