1709 in Ireland

none 1709 Events from the year 1709 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.Moody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal September 4–8 – nearly 800 poor Protestant refugee families of German Palatines arrive in Dublin to be settled in Ireland.A brief history of the Irish Palatines http://www.irishpalatines.org/about/history.html Irish Palatine Association Limerick 2013-01-17 c. December – start of Hougher disturbances against the extension of livestock rearing in Connacht including maiming of cattle.Houghers The Oxford Companion to Irish History 2nd Connolly, S. J. Oxford University Press 2002 978-0-19-923483-7 http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199234837.001.0001/acref-9780199234837-e-877# 2013-01-17 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 1709 Category:Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Category:1700s in Ireland