Old postcard shows 1917 Ireland women's soccer team, with girls from Lurgan munitions factory, who played England in first ladies international

Old postcard shows 1917 Ireland women's soccer team, with girls from Lurgan munitions factory, who played England in first ladies international

A group of women, mostly workers at a Lurgan munitions factory, played the first ever recorded international women’s soccer match – in 1917, in the middle of World War One.