1609 in Ireland
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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.[1]
- (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.[2]
- John Taylor is granted 1,500 acres (6 km²) of arable land in Ballyhaise, County Cavan.
- (29 June) 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.[3]
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 (executed 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 2012-07-23.
- ↑ "Church History". Dromore Cathedral. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
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