September 20 - Frederick H. Boland becomes president of the United Nations General Assembly (1960).
September 21 - The Battle of the Diamond is fought in County Armagh, leading to the foundation of the Orange Order (1795).
September 22 - Charles I offers twenty-six concessions ("graces") to the Irish in return for subsidies to expand his army (1626).
September 23 - Sir Arthur Young announces his resignation as chief constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary (1970).
September 24 - Eavan Boland, a poet who helped to develop Arlen House, a feminist publishing company in Dublin, is born (1944).
September 25 - Catholic clergy are banished by Act of Parliament during William III's reign (1697).
September 26 - Saor Eire (Socialist Republican Party) is founded (1931).
September 27 - An "act for encouraging Protestant strangers and others to inhabit and plant in the kingdom of Ireland" is passed in the Irish Parliament under Charles II (1662).
September 28 - The Solemn League and Covenant is signed by Ulster Unionists, declaring their opposition to Home Rule (1913).
September 29 - A proposal for the invasion of Ireland by Henry II is discussed at the Council of Winchester and rejected, though soon after, Henry obtains a papal privilege approving the invasion (1155).
September 30 - Arthur Griffith forms Cumann na nGaedheal, which later becomes Sinn Fein (1900).
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