1709 in Ireland

Events from the year 1709 in Ireland.

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See also:	Other events of 1709 List of years in Ireland

Incumbent

• Monarch: Anne

Events

• August 30 – the Parliament of Ireland passes an amending act which requires any adult male (including registered Roman Catholic priests) to take an oath of abjuration if required by a magistrate.^[1]
• September 4–8 – nearly 800 poor Protestant refugee families of German Palatines arrive in Dublin to be settled in Ireland.^[1][2]
• c. December – start of Hougher disturbances against the extension of livestock rearing in Connacht including maiming of cattle.^[1][3]

Births

• October 13 – John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence, politician (d. 1767)
• Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, politician (d. 1788)
• Approximate date – Laetitia Pilkington, born Laetitia van Lewen, poet and memoirist (d. 1750)

Deaths

• August 31 (September 11 NS) – Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet, soldier, killed at the Battle of Malplaquet (b. c. 1660)

References

1. Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
2. "A brief history of the Irish Palatines". Limerick: Irish Palatine Association. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
3. Connolly, S. J., ed. (2002). "Houghers". The Oxford Companion to Irish History (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923483-7. Retrieved 2013-01-17.