1809 in Ireland

none August 2012 1809 Events from the year 1809 in Ireland. Events October – completion of the Military Road across the Wicklow Mountains.http://www.glendalough.connect.ie/pages/articles/militaryroad/militaryroad.html The Military Road John Godden 1999 2012-08-02 21 October – Nelson's Pillar opened in Sackville Street, Dublin. The first Roman Catholic Magdalene asylum in Ireland is opened in Cork.http://www.bestirishfacts.com/magdalene_laundries.html Magdalene Laundries Best Irish Facts https://web.archive.org/web/20120326221622/http://www.bestirishfacts.com/magdalene_laundries.html 26 March 2012 Blessington Street Basin was opened as a small drinking water reservoir in the north inner city of Dublin in 1809, paid for by Dublin Corporation.Clarke 1993 51 The reservoir was initially named after King George III, and was fed from a 1km-long canal spur that came off the main Royal Canal to meet Broadstone railway station at a harbour in front of it.Fingal County Council 2011 7 The ground alone, covering merely an acre, cost the Corporation £1,052-9s-2d.Clarke 1993 51 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). See also 1809 in Scotland 1809 in Wales References Sources Fingal County Council The Fingal Industrial Heritage Survey (Phase 1: Desktop Survey) Fingal County Council Dublin 2011-01-01 https://www.fingal.ie/sites/default/files/2019-04/Fingal%20Industrial%20Heritage%20%20Report.pdf Clarke Peter The Royal Canal 1789-1993 Dublin Historical Record 46 1 46–52 Old Dublin Society Dublin 1993-02-17 30101021 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30101021 1809 Category:Years of the 19th century in Ireland Category:1800s in Ireland Ireland Ireland