1687 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1687 in Ireland.
Incumbent
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)