1497 in Ireland explained

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.^[1]
• Start of great famine.^[2]

Deaths

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Steven G.. Ellis. Fitzgerald, Gerald, eighth earl of Kildare (1456?–1513). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. 2012-03-07. 10.1093/ref:odnb/9554.
2. Book: Annals of the Four Masters. 13. 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.. 2012-11-17.