Events from the year 1495 in Ireland.

Incumbent

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: Henry VII

Events

* Poynings' Law comes into effect, placing the

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under the authority of the

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. * The English

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is extended to Ireland. * July – Perkin Warbeck, having failed to land in

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in support of his claim to the English crown, retreats to Ireland before proceeding to

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plays an active part in the defence of

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. * Rebellion in Kildare in 1495 by Yorkist sympathizers led James Kildare * The agreed historic end of the era of Medieval Ireland

Deaths

* Owen Caech Ó Dubhda, Chief of the Name and

of Tireragh.

References

1490s in Ireland Years of the 15th century in Ireland {{Ireland-year-stub