Events from the year 1809 in Ireland.
Events
*October – completion of the
Military Road across the
Wicklow Mountains
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.
*21 October –
Nelson's Pillar
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opened in
Sackville Street, Dublin.
*The first
Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
Magdalene asylum in Ireland is opened in
Cork
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Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
.
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
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,
Australia
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(died
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
).
*
James Duffy, author and publisher (died
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
).
Deaths
*8 October –
Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran, politician (born
1734
Events
January– March
* January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Province of Georgia, Georgia in North America ...
).
See also
*
1809 in Scotland
Events from the year 1809 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
* Lord Advocate – Archibald Colquhoun
* Solicitor General for Scotland – David Boyle
Judiciary
* Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Avontoun
* Lord J ...
*
1809 in Wales
References
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Years of the 19th century in Ireland
1800s in Ireland
Ireland
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Ireland