1809 in Ireland

Events from the year 1809 in Ireland.

Events

 * October – completion of the Military Road across the Wicklow Mountains.
 * 21 October – Nelson's Pillar opened in Sackville Street, Dublin.
 * The first Roman Catholic Magdalene asylum in Ireland is opened in Cork.

Arts and literature

 * Jonah Barrington's Historic Anecdotes and Secret Memoirs of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland is published.
 * Edward Bunting's A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland is published.

Births

 * 1 May – Samuel Blackall, soldier, politician and second Governor of Queensland, Australia (died 1871).
 * James Duffy, author and publisher (died 1871).

Deaths

 * 8 October – Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran, politician (born 1734).