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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<sup>2</sup>) of arable land in
Ballyhaise
,
County Cavan
.
June 29
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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 âÂÂ
William Tirry
, priest and
Catholic martyr
(d.
1654
)
References