Heath, Mary, Lady

 aka Sophie Pierce (aviator/athlete)

• Biography extract from Wild Irish Women by Marian Broderick, p260-5

• The story of the tragic death of Lady Heath's mother, Kate Evans

• 1911 census return

• Limerick lady’s flight in evening dress, Limerick Chronicle 3/9/1927

• List of books by Lady Heath, from British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955, vol 16, p164

• Famous West Limerick People no. 3 - Sophie Peirce [Lady Mary Heath] by Robert J. Cussen, Annual Observer 1983, p62-68

• Photograph of Lady Heath from book Woman and Flying by Lady Mary Heath and Stella Wolfe Murray, p122

• Fearless female aviator and athlete by Bridget Hourican Evans, Limerick Leader 5/12/2009, p4 (Leader 2)

• How a pioneer from Limerick helped women take flight in the Olympics by Ian O'Riordan, Irish Times 16/6/2012

• Lady Icarus, Limerick Life 27/07/2016, p25-27 

• Limerick’s unsung pioneering aviator, The Limerick Magazine, March 2016, p44 & 45 

• Lady Mary will light up the Hunt, Limerick Post 07/01/2017, p16

• Limerick high-flyer inspires new play, Limerick Leader 26/05/2018, p3

• Mary takes to the skies and makes headlines around the world, Limerick Leader 01/09/2018, p49

• Sophie's feats to fly high again at..., Limerick Leader 20/04/2019, p20 (Leader 2)

• Spotlight on female oppression through the life of early aviator, Limerick Leader 27/04/2019, p14 (Leader2)

• Recalling a unique aviator and world-class athlete, Limerick Leader 16/11/2019, p40 (leader2) 

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