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1491 in Ireland
Events from the year
1491 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Lord
:
Henry VII
Events
Summer/autumn â continuous rainfall causes the grain crops to fail throughout Ireland, leading to this being called the "dismal year".
November âÂÂ
pretender
to the
English throne
Perkin Warbeck
arrives in
Cork
. He wins some support for his cause from
James FitzGerald
, 8th
Earl of Desmond
, but
Henry VII of England
sends
James Ormonde
with troops to defend the territory and suspends Desmond's cousin,
Gerald Mór FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare
, from his office of
Deputy Lieutenant
of Ireland for being implicated.
Births
June 28
âÂÂ
Henry VIII
,
King of Ireland
(d.
1547
)
References