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 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.

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)