1909 in Ireland - Definition and Overview

See also: 1908 in Ireland, other events of 1909, 1910 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• March 24 - John Millington Synge, author and playwright, dies in Dublin aged 38.
• August 20 - The famous tenor, Enrico Caruso, performs at the Theatre Royal in Dublin.
• October 31 - The Royal University of Ireland is dissolved.
• December 14 - In the large hall of the National University in Dublin, Ernest Shackleton delivers a lecture entitled 'Nearest the South Pole.'

Arts and literature

Sports

Births

Deaths

• March 24 - John Millington Synge, dramatist and poet.