Events from the year 1467 in Ireland.

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is granted

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by statute to build a fortress for England's protection against the Spaniards, French and Scots. * Events of this year are recorded in A Fragment of Irish Annals. The text is believed to date from the years 1467-68 or immediately after and covers only these two years. {{Ireland-year-stub