1462 in Ireland

Incumbent

• Lord: Edward IV

Events

• Battle of Piltown: Desmond defeats Butlers.
• Glenquin Castle, is a tower house and National Monument located in County Limerick. Built by the Ó hAilgheanáin in 1462, on the site of an older building dating back to AD 983.

Deaths

• James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond