1497 in Ireland

Events from the year 1497 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Lord: Henry VII

Events

• July – Perkin Warbeck, Pretender to the English throne, lands in the south of Ireland but attracts little support.
• Start of great famine.

Deaths

• James Ormonde, Lord Treasurer of Ireland, Earl of Ormonde (b. c. 1418)

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