1491 in Ireland
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Events from the year1491 in Ireland.
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- Summer/autumn – continuous rainfall causes the grain crops to fail throughout Ireland, leading to this being called the "dismal year".[1]
- November –pretenderto theEnglish thronePerkin Warbeckarrives inCork.[2]He wins some support for his cause fromJames FitzGerald,8thEarl of Desmond,butHenry VII of EnglandsendsJames Ormondewith troops to defend the territory and suspends Desmond's cousin,Gerald Mór FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare,from his office ofDeputy Lieutenantof Ireland for being implicated.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^Cork Remembrancer(PDF).p. 38.
- ^Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967).The Course of Irish History.Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
- ^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.Retrieved8 March2012.(subscription orUK public library membershiprequired)