Events from the year 1492 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Lord: Henry VII
Events
- March – pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck is brought from Cork to Harfleur by the fleet of Charles VIII of France.
- The Butler – Fitzgerald dispute is resolved at the 'door of reconciliation' in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
- Archbishop Walter Fitzsimon is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.
- James Ormonde is appointed Lord Treasurer of Ireland.
- Alexander Plunket is appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
Births
Deaths
- October 25 – Thaddeus McCarthy, Bishop of Ross, then Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (b. c. 1455)
- James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane, member of the Parliament of Ireland (from sweating sickness).
- Aedh Mac Fhlannchaidh, brehon lawyer and Ollamh of Thomond.
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