1809 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1809 in Ireland.
Events
- October - Completion of the Military Road across the Wicklow Mountains.[1]
- 21 October - Nelson's Pillar opened in Sackville Street, Dublin.
- The first Roman Catholic Magdalene asylum in Ireland is opened in Cork.[2]
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).
