Poet and Nationalist C M Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) died.
September 9, 1978
The newly elected Daíl Éireann meets to frame its constitution and elects William T. Cosgrave President of the Executive Committee
September 9, 1922
House of Lords rejects Second Home Rule Bill
September 9, 1893
The last day of the Tenant League Conference in Dublin
September 9, 1852
30,000 punds is allocated to establish national system of elementary education in Ireland
September 9, 1831
Birth of painter Alexander Naysmyth in Edinburgh.
September 9, 1758
Mary Queen of Scots crowned at Stirling Castle.
September 9, 1543
James IV of Scotland killed in the Battle of Flodden.
September 9, 1513
Earliest verifiable date of a Viking invasion of Ireland in Dunrally
September 9, 0872