1609 in Ireland explained

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.^[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.
• 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.^[3]

Births

• Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim, Roman Catholic landowner in Ireland and Scotland and political intriguer (d. 1683)^[4]
• Possible date – William Tirry, priest and Catholic martyr (d. 1654)

Notes and References

1. Book: Palmer, Alan. Palmer. Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 166–168. 0-7126-5616-2.
2. Web site: The City of London. The Honourable The Irish Society. 2012-07-23.
3. Web site: Church History. Dromore Cathedral. 2012-07-20.
4. Book: The Oxford companion to Irish history . Oxford University Press . 9780199691869 . 21 . 2nd.