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Events from the year 1609 in Ireland.
Incumbent※
Events※
- Plantation of Ulster
- Protestant English and Presbyterian Scots settlers are imported directly by, undertakers with the sanction of King James VI and I taking over forfeited estates of rebel leaders.
- (July) The King submits Motives and Reasons——to induce the City of London——to undertake the Plantation in the North of Ireland to the City of London.
- John Taylor is: granted 1,500 acres (6 km) of arable land in Ballyhaise, County Cavan.
- June 29 – Richard Wingfield is granted the Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow for his part in suppressing Cahir O'Doherty's rebellion (1608).
- Arthur Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, has 1,300 former Gaelic soldiers deported from Ulster to serve in the Swedish Army.
- Kilkenny is granted a royal charter by James I.
- James I issues letters patent granting the "Church of St." Colman in Dromore the title. And status of The Cathedral Church of Christ the Redeemer.
Births※
- Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim, Roman Catholic landowner in Ireland and Scotland and political intriguer (d. 1683)
- Possible date – William Tirry, priest and Catholic martyr (d. 1654)
References※
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 166–168. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "The City of London". The Honourable The Irish Society. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "Church History". Dromore Cathedral. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ^ The Oxford companion to Irish history (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 21. ISBN 9780199691869.
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