A commemoration will be held in Wexford later this month to mark the centenary of the first flight between Britain and Ireland by a pioneering aviator with strong Irish links.
Although born in Surrey in England in 1882, Denys Corbett- Wilson had family ties with Kilkenny where his mother came from.
In 1909, he and his mother moved to Darver House in Jenkinstown, Co Kilkenny.
However, it was from Britain that Corbett-Wilson launched his bid to become the first aviator to cross the Irish Sea when, on April 22nd, 1912, he took off from near Pembroke and 100 minutes later landed in a field near Enniscorthy, Co Wexford.
Corbett-Wilson was flying over Crane near Monageer outside Enniscorthy when he spotted a field he thought would be suitable for landing, but it proved too short for his aircraft and he ended up in a hedge with a broken propeller
Next Monday, historian Pat Nolan will give a lecture at Enniscorthy Castle on Corbett- Wilson, who was killed over France during the first World War, followed by the opening of an exhibition on his life.
For further details on the Celebration of Flight events, see visitwexford.ie