1609 in Ireland
Events from the year 1609 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: James I
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.
- * 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 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.
- 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
- Possible date – William Tirry, priest and Catholic martyr