1609 in Ireland

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