So there we are. The selfish, serene life of the Edwardian gentleman. A little Elysian bubble that was to be shattered extremely abruptly by the war… and women.

The fact that she was a woman living in Edwardian Ireland did not deter her. In 1910, after gliding off Carnmoney Hill, she flew her Mayfly biplane glider in Randalstown, becoming the first woman ...