1497 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1497 in Ireland.
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Events
- July – Perkin Warbeck, Pretender to the English throne, lands in the south of Ireland but attracts little support.{{cite web|first=Steven G.|last=Ellis|title=Fitzgerald, Gerald, eighth earl of Kildare (1456?–1513)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9554|access-date=2012-03-07|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9554}} {{ODNBsub}}
- Start of great famine.{{cite book|title=Annals of the Four Masters|volume=13|quote=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.|access-date=2012-11-17|url=http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T100005D/text013.html}}
Births
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Deaths
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