1497 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1497 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- July – Perkin Warbeck, Pretender to the English throne, lands in the south of Ireland but attracts little support.[1]
- Start of great famine.[2]
Births
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Deaths
References
- ^ Ellis, Steven G. (2004). "Fitzgerald, Gerald, eighth earl of Kildare (1456?–1513)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9554. Retrieved 2012-03-07. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ Annals of the Four Masters. Vol. 13. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
Great famine prevailed through all Ireland in this and the following year, so that people ate of food unbecoming to mention, and never before heard of as having been introduced on human dishes.