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Illustrated Weather Eye
Author(s): Brendan McWilliams (Author)
- Publisher: Gill & Macmillan
- Publication Date: 28 Sept. 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 0717153649
- ISBN-13: 9780717153640
Book Description
Brendan McWilliams column, Weather Eye, that was published daily for almost 2 decades in The Irish Times, was one of the most successful and best-loved features in modern Irish journalism. The book comprises Anne McWilliams favourite pieces from Brendans work which has not previously appeared in book form. Sometimes historical, sometimes scientific, sometimes literary, sometimes humorous all the articles are informative, entertaining and display the authors great passion for imparting knowledge. Illustrated with complementery artwork and photographs this will make an ideal Christmas gift for all those who loved and appreciated this unique column.
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About the Author
Brendan McWilliams, BSc. MBA, CMet, FRMetS, born in Dublin in 1944, was an accomplished meteorologist, scientist and administrator. He was formerly Deputy Director of Met Éireann and subsequently a Director of the European Meteorological Satellite Organisation EUMETSAT. He frequently represented Ireland at an International level within the field of meteorology and climate change. He is best known in Ireland, however, for his daily Weather Eye column, which ran in The Irish Times from 1988 until his death in 2007.
