1687 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1687 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch

James II

Events

• January 8 – the Roman Catholic Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.
• Early – the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Sir Charles Porter, is dismissed on a charge of taking bribes and replaced by Sir Alexander Fitton, a Protestant who converts to Catholicism.^[1]
• October – the Roman Catholic Thomas Nugent is appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in succession to William Davys.

Births

• Arthur Blennerhassett, lawyer and politician (d. 1758)
• John Maxwell, 1st Baron Farnham, peer and politician (d. 1759)
• Thomas Sheridan, Anglican divine and writer (d. 1738)
• 1686/1687 – Bridget Kavanah, claimed supercentenarian^[2] (d. 1805)

Deaths

• November 26 – Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass, peer (b. 1625)
• Roger Boyle, Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher (b. 1617?)
• William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde, peer.
• William Davys, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (fl. 1633)

Notes and References

1. Book: O'Flanagan, J. Roderick. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland. London. 1870.
2. Book: Kirby, R. S.. Kirby's wonderful and eccentric museum. 3. London. Kirby. 1820.