1687 in Ireland

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Events

• 8 January - 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

• 26 November - 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).

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