1609 in Ireland
# 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.
   * (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 $km^2)$ 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)
