There aren’t many monuments to Sophie Peirce-Evans in Knockaderry, just outside Newcastle West in Limerick, although there was a time when she was one of the most famous people in the world. In the age of the aviator, when the feats of those crossing the Atlantic or flying vast distances enthralled people, Peirce-Evans vied with Amelie Earhart for fame. June O’Sullivan cycled past Peirce-Evans’s home all through her childhood but it wasn’t until her 20s that she heard the story of the woman who would break aviation records. O’Sullivan has written a novel, The Sky Is Not Enough, based on…

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