The Irish Centurian who changed the course of WW2

Take the Blacksod Lighthouse tour with me and learn about Maureen Flavin Sweeney, the Irish woman whose weather reports forever changed the date of D-Day and the course of World War II ☘️ The #IrishBucketList ☘️
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  • @allanlank
    @allanlank7 ай бұрын

    Irish/Canadian actor James Doohan, Scotty on Star Trek, was on Juno Beach for the 6th of June 1944. His life and the lives of 14,000 other Canadians were spared from the storm of June 5th because of that weather report.

  • @markellis6101
    @markellis61017 ай бұрын

    What is really cool is my father, whose mother had the last name of Malone and was an immigrant to America, was one of those American soldiers in the D-Day Invasion. He would have loved to know this. :)

  • @Brandon_Beaty
    @Brandon_Beaty7 ай бұрын

    What a lovely video, Clare. You could see the pride Vincent has for his mother's work. Good man. So much history most people would never be aware of.

  • @lancestewart5996
    @lancestewart59967 ай бұрын

    Dermot's fuckin' hilarious! He seems like that type of friend that you can't help but playfully push their buttons, because they'll always give you a good laugh for it!

  • @1968jitbag
    @1968jitbag7 ай бұрын

    I discovered TRY Channel about a year ago where I "met" you & other TRY-ers. Your channel has been such a wonderful blend of fun and information about Ireland, Irish culture & Irish history. Please don't stop! Sláinte! 🍻

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE7 ай бұрын

    That was a great story and accomplishment of the work they all did also celebrated her 100th BIRTHDAY 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @ksweeney530
    @ksweeney5307 ай бұрын

    Sending ♥from America. Enjoy all your vids, Clare. This one is extra special to me. My uncle Jack Sweeney was in the US Navy at the Normandy landing, he came home married and named one of his daughters Maureen. He would have loved this story!

  • @davidcreager1945
    @davidcreager19457 ай бұрын

    Amazing story, Clare !! Thank You for bringing this to my attention ! This story is always left out of the History of D - Day . Have a wonderful day ! 🧡🤍💚☘️☘️☘️

  • @EO_15
    @EO_155 ай бұрын

    Only watched this yesterday and seen that she passed away today, So awfully sad. Incredible woman with an incredible story. RIP Maureen

  • @shirlynb148
    @shirlynb1487 ай бұрын

    Loved to see the sweet, lighthearted, pleasant Dermot……..LOL. I love your tours as I typically only hit the coast so seeing interior cities plus they’re history is wonderful.

  • @thomasmunn3878
    @thomasmunn38787 ай бұрын

    Clair this was a fantastic story! Thank you for sharing it!

  • @weetduck
    @weetduck7 ай бұрын

    What an amazing piece of history!

  • @tarlachmuiraigh8346
    @tarlachmuiraigh83467 ай бұрын

    What a fascinating piece of history! Thanks again Clare

  • @shanebighairybeast
    @shanebighairybeast7 ай бұрын

    This is the kind of history I love best!

  • @kmcgowan725
    @kmcgowan7257 ай бұрын

    Of course there’s a rainbow. Lol. I love Ireland I can’t wait to go back!!! 🇮🇪

  • @iainmelville9411
    @iainmelville94117 ай бұрын

    Wow, what a story. What a magnificent slice of history. Truly wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing this, I would never know this if not for you sharing this with us. Blessings,❤.

  • @LtJackboot
    @LtJackboot7 ай бұрын

    We love you Dermot. You're safe here brother ❤

  • @allfasten
    @allfasten7 ай бұрын

    Ah what a lovely piece of history! Good work Clare!

  • @mikeparker3865
    @mikeparker38657 ай бұрын

    Great story Claire. Thanks for sharing!!!!

  • @carolmurphy7572
    @carolmurphy75727 ай бұрын

    Happy 💯 Birthday to Maureen Sweeney! 🎉🎼🎶🎂🥳 Much love and respect to you, ma'am, from Canada!🇨🇦❤️. I'm delighted to know that she finally became aware of the important role she played in the success of the D-Day landings, and that she has been officially recognized and thanked for it! Always a pleasure to see Dermot make an appearance, as well! Sláinte!

  • @Jay-ql4gp
    @Jay-ql4gp7 ай бұрын

    It was past time for me to go to bed when I saw this, but I had to watch. I love things like this, thank you so much!

  • @thecocktailian2091
    @thecocktailian20917 ай бұрын

    Even the little lighthouse light tidbit at the end was great. Never knew any of this. Cheers to ya.

  • @Clisare

    @Clisare

    7 ай бұрын

    Oh they’ve so much more on the tour but I don’t want to give it all away! The architecture is very unique for a lighthouse!

  • @APaganPerspective
    @APaganPerspective7 ай бұрын

    WOW this was so cool thanks for sharing it Claire

  • @Gaeilgeoir
    @Gaeilgeoir7 ай бұрын

    Fíor-spéisiúil! 😃

  • @shamrock4500
    @shamrock45007 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this very interesting story.

  • @lorrainethomas241
    @lorrainethomas2417 ай бұрын

    Videos like this are so feckin' lovely. Thank you.

  • @fern758
    @fern7587 ай бұрын

    What a great story! Can't wait to visit on our next trip!

  • @bambiebrinson8822
    @bambiebrinson88227 ай бұрын

    Love these videos 😊

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff7 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much.

  • @billshepherd4331
    @billshepherd43317 ай бұрын

    That's too cool!

  • @robloxmaniacdanceandshake7871
    @robloxmaniacdanceandshake78717 ай бұрын

    Every video Clizzy, is a banger!!!..... Love the fact that she loves, respects and is so proud of her incredible history and culture....

  • @sbrock6385
    @sbrock63857 ай бұрын

    Thank you 💗

  • @greendragonpublishing
    @greendragonpublishing7 ай бұрын

    I adore these videos, Clare, especially fascinating historical gems from the lesser-known parts of Ireland.

  • @BazTheStoryteller
    @BazTheStoryteller7 ай бұрын

    Dermot hates cameras as much as he hates peanut butter.

  • @1.6Kilometres
    @1.6Kilometres7 ай бұрын

    Fantastic!

  • @lostonwallace1396
    @lostonwallace13967 ай бұрын

    Thanks for shedding light on this remarkable person, Clare!

  • @thevtyeti
    @thevtyeti7 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @chicken2jail
    @chicken2jail7 ай бұрын

    This is so awesome! Great video Clisare!

  • @GenXfrom75
    @GenXfrom757 ай бұрын

    I love this!! ❤

  • @GenXfrom75
    @GenXfrom757 ай бұрын

    Maureen is amazing 😍... hope she lives for many more years! (My Irish Gimma was a few weeks shy of her 107th birthday when she passed at home in 2018)

  • @madelinebock6469
    @madelinebock64697 ай бұрын

    What an interesting and fun summer youve had.

  • @timothyodonnell8591
    @timothyodonnell85917 ай бұрын

    So cool!

  • @sarahp9086
    @sarahp90867 ай бұрын

    That was so interesting!! Thank you so much for bringing us along, that's a special place and a special lady!

  • @jerrytexan4367
    @jerrytexan43677 ай бұрын

    Wonderful story!!

  • @MoistlyMoist
    @MoistlyMoist7 ай бұрын

    yet another interesting vid Clare 🙂 👍

  • @blowzo1998
    @blowzo19987 ай бұрын

    luv me some Clare 😁

  • @AlbertWettin
    @AlbertWettin7 ай бұрын

    Slàinte mhath 👋🏻

  • @LDN_MZK
    @LDN_MZK7 ай бұрын

    Love it!

  • @swankenterprizes
    @swankenterprizes7 ай бұрын

    I loved this video! So interesting. I really love Kick Ass Women stories!

  • @BertHebb
    @BertHebb7 ай бұрын

    You always make my day … ♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @martinhopkins6712
    @martinhopkins67127 ай бұрын

    My father wasn’t part of D-day, but did come ashore in Normandy a couple of month’s later, and his parents were both born in Mayo, so this was a pretty cool video for me. 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 Dermott never hurts, either. 😂

  • @daxconnell7661
    @daxconnell76617 ай бұрын

    my grandfather on my mom's side was a combat medic for Canada, not sure if this effected him or not, but it sure made a difference for a lot of others

  • @user-gs6le3sq3w
    @user-gs6le3sq3w7 ай бұрын

    Hi, My name is Dick 😢 That would be unfortunate, if it were true. Anyway, this is the Story I’ve been waiting to see. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. I love the storytelling, the Irish stories are rich and colorful. A real Joy.

  • @user-gs6le3sq3w

    @user-gs6le3sq3w

    7 ай бұрын

    And Lovely to see Dermot. I just Watched Ciara squirt Pickle brine on Dermot 20 minutes ago. Absolutely Hilarious. Dermot twice in a Day is a treat.

  • @Shadowace724
    @Shadowace7247 ай бұрын

    Great video!

  • @LindaC616
    @LindaC6167 ай бұрын

    I'm loving this series, Clare! Your man there at the light could be on television

  • @Faeriedarke

    @Faeriedarke

    7 ай бұрын

    He was very easy on the ol' eyes, wasn't he?

  • @LindaC616

    @LindaC616

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Faeriedarke he was! He is!

  • @fearlesssfcappuccino
    @fearlesssfcappuccino5 ай бұрын

    So cool!!!

  • @SteveInTheOC
    @SteveInTheOC7 ай бұрын

    Dermie!

  • @jzaspal
    @jzaspal7 ай бұрын

    i love dermot even if he doesnt love me 😂😂😂...he is just as grumpy as me! great episode! i mean if that is the right term ❤

  • @RHCole
    @RHCole7 ай бұрын

    DERMOT!!! Edit: Oh, wow... love how history is as formed just as much by the little people as it is by the high and mighty 😁👍🏻

  • @SarahRenz59
    @SarahRenz597 ай бұрын

    Great story, and how wonderful to learn that Maureen Sweeney is still alive at 100! Lighthouses are so cool; it's a shame that the US Coast Guard has automated all of theirs, eliminating the need for a full time keeper. I'm surprised that Dermot is camera shy, what with him being an actor.

  • @thomasmallon9107
    @thomasmallon91077 ай бұрын

    Because the Republic was officially neutral, the fact that they were supplying the Allies with weather information had to be kept secret. It would be a long time before the word got out.

  • @SayGahTaah
    @SayGahTaah7 ай бұрын

    Thought the title meant it was about Claire

  • @Clisare

    @Clisare

    7 ай бұрын

    😆

  • @BeautifulKittenOfLove
    @BeautifulKittenOfLove7 ай бұрын

    You forgot to introduce me to your handsome dark haired tour guide. (Don't forget to build me up a bit...you know, good looking...smart...athletic and modest...don't forget modest)😉

  • @terenzo50
    @terenzo507 ай бұрын

    The Irish woman who changed the course of history preented by the Irish woman who advances the course of citizen journalism with each video she produces. My father was dodging buzzbombs in North London at the time monitoring Soviet radio broadcasts for the British United Press. Hi to Millie.

  • @WAYUPDUDE1382
    @WAYUPDUDE13827 ай бұрын

  • @ddreese
    @ddreese7 ай бұрын

    I Love these! But did you say 'Guinness Zero'?!?

  • @Clisare

    @Clisare

    7 ай бұрын

    I did. I was driving! It’s the non-alcoholic version.

  • @ddreese

    @ddreese

    7 ай бұрын

    I've heard of it. Sacrilege!@@Clisare

  • @ddreese

    @ddreese

    2 ай бұрын

    @@ClisareNow it makes a lot more sense why you would be drinking NA. Congratulations, sweetie!

  • @user-de8fz2pz3g
    @user-de8fz2pz3g7 ай бұрын

    Maith. Labhraíonn tú an Ghaeilge go han-mhaith a stór, agus is deas na háiteanna a raibh cónaí orm nuair a bhí mé óg a fheiceáil. Barróg!!!🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻

  • @Spectoral_on_SPOTIFY
    @Spectoral_on_SPOTIFY6 ай бұрын

    Wait. What's a Guinness Zero

  • @Clisare

    @Clisare

    6 ай бұрын

    guinness with no alcohol

  • @timpaszkiewicz7169
    @timpaszkiewicz71697 ай бұрын

    Well who new Dermot didn't like camera's. Next time bring him a peanut butter sandwich.

  • @kingnidoking1826
    @kingnidoking18267 ай бұрын

    well if Dermot doesn't like the camera, know who you should give a go again? Blaithin, maybe check out her show...and record everything so i can watch. jk

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff7 ай бұрын

    Guinness 0???1?? Abomination!!!1!!

  • @Clisare

    @Clisare

    7 ай бұрын

    I was driving! I’d rather have a Guinness zero than no Guinness 😂

  • @chrislognshot
    @chrislognshot7 ай бұрын

    so your try husband joined you in this trip.

  • @maureennolen8577
    @maureennolen857716 күн бұрын

    Fantastic!