Arts and Literature
- 5 January—Sebastian Barry wins the Costa Prize for Fiction for his novel The Secret Scripture at the 2008 Costa Book Awards.
- 19 March—The poet Seamus Heaney is awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature, honouring him for his lifetime's work.
- 7–8 March—Brian Cowen nude portraits controversy: Nude portraits of the Taoiseach are clandestinely hung in the National Gallery of Ireland and Royal Hibernian Academy's gallery by Conor Casby.
- 17 April—Seamus Heaney's 70th birthday. Commemorative audio recording, Seamus Heaney Collected Poems, released of Heaney reading from his collected work.
- 11 June—Man Gone Down, the debut novel of American Michael Thomas, wins the 2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
- 24 November—Colm Tóibín (Brooklyn) and Peter Murphy (John the Revelator) are included on the shortlist for the 2009 Costa Book Awards.
- c. September—Size2shoes release their first album, Size2shoes.
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