Met Éireann
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| Formed | 1936 |
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| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Headquarters | Meteorological Centre, 65-67 Glasnevin Hill, Dublin 9, D09 Y921 53°22′33.154″N 6°16′10.77″W / 53.37587611°N 6.2696583°WCoordinates: 53°22′33.154″N 6°16′10.77″W / 53.37587611°N 6.2696583°W |
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| Parent department | Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government |
| Website | www |
Met Éireann (Irish pronunciation: [mʲɛtʲ ˈeːrʲən̪ˠ], meaning "Met of Ireland") is the national meteorological service in Ireland, part of the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government.
The history of modern meteorology in Ireland dates back to 8 October 1860, when the first weather observations were transmitted from Valentia Observatory on Valentia Island in County Kerry to the British Meteorological Office. A network of weather stations was established around the coasts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Following Irish independence in 1922, the Irish Free State continued to rely on the British Met Office for weather services, and the Met Office continued to administer the weather stations around Ireland. With the advent of transatlantic air services in the 1930s, it was decided that Ireland needed its own weather service to provide detailed aviation weather reports.
In 1936, the Irish Meteorological Service was set up with its headquarters in St. Andrew's Street, Dublin. In 1937 it took over the network of weather stations from the British Met Office. On the date of transfer, the Irish weather observation network consisted of the following stations:
At first, the new weather service was bolstered by Met Office employees seconded from London, but by 1941 they were able to depend on their own resources. During the Emergency (as the Second World War was referred to in neutral Ireland), the Irish Meteorological Service supplied the Allies with weather information despite Ireland's neutrality. The decision to go ahead with the D-day landings was made following a favourable weather report from the Blacksod Point weather station in County Mayo.
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