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Lilian Bland

Reference code
HOYFM.ACL2023.10
Level of description
Fonds
Title
Lilian Bland
Scope and content
Lilian Bland was a pioneer aviator and aeronautical engineer who designed, built and flew the powered aircraft “The Mayfly” A first for a woman in Ireland and maybe the world. The archive contains correspondence from Lilian Bland to family members, genealogical material on the wider Bland family, a pen drive with dozens of personal photos taken by/of Lilian Bland, notes and sketches by Lilian Bland, biographical information, assorted material relating to early Irish aviation, and correspondence between Madeleine O'Rourke and others relating to efforts researching Lilian Bland.
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