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)