1909 in Ireland

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See also: 1908 in Ireland, other events of 1909, 1910 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sports 4 Births 5 Deaths

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• March 24 - John Millington Synge, author and playwright, dies in Dublin aged 38.
• August 20 - The famous tenor, Enrico Caruso, performs at the Theatre Royal in Dublin.
• October 31 - The Royal University of Ireland is dissolved.
• December 14 - In the large hall of the National University in Dublin, Ernest Shackleton delivers a lecture entitled 'Nearest the South Pole.'

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[edit] Sports

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• March 24 - John Millington Synge, dramatist and poet.