1787 in Ireland
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Events from the year1787 in Ireland.
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
- 19 August –John Butler, 12th Baron Dunboyne,having resigned asRoman CatholicBishop of Corkand married a cousin, Maria, contrary to hisvow of celibacy,swears oaths ofallegiance,abjurationandSupremacyof themonarchasSupreme Governor of the Church of EnglandinClonmel,the only authenticatedapostatein theCatholic hierarchy in Ireland.[1]
- 30 August – theRichardson Baronetcy,ofAugherin the County ofTyrone,is created in theBaronetage of Irelandfor William Richardson.[2]
- 31 August – theCarden Baronetcy,ofTemplemorein the County ofTipperary,is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for John Carden, commander of the30th Regiment of Light Dragoons,[3]which he had helped raise.[4]
- 3 September – theLeslie Baronetcy,ofTarbertin the County ofKerry,is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Edward Leslie.[5]
Arts and literature[edit]
- The firstTheatre Royal, Dublin,closes.
Births[edit]
- 19 January –Mary Aikenhead,founder of theSisters of Charity(died1858).
- 9 March –Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew,politician (died1856).
- Full date unknown
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- Edward Eagar,lawyer and criminal transported toAustralia,politician (died1866).
- Reverend William Hickey,writer and philanthropist (died1875).
- Bishop Charles McNally,Bishop ofDiocese of Clogher(died1864).
- James Roche Verling,British Armysurgeon,became personal surgeon toNapoleon BonaparteonSt Helena(died1858).
Deaths[edit]
- March –George Montgomery,politician (born c.1727).
- 12 March –Marcus Paterson,lawyer and politician (born1712).
- 4 May –Philip Skelton,clergyman and writer (born1707).
- September –Philip Phillips,Roman CatholicArchbishop of Tuam.
- December –John Proby Osborne,lawyer and politician (born1755).
- Francis Conyngham, 2nd Baron Conyngham,politician (born c.1725).
References[edit]
- ^O'Connor, Thomas (2004)."Butler, John, styled twelfth Baron Dunboyne (1731–1800)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4196.Retrieved2012-11-01.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David, eds. (1990).Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage.New York: St. Martin's Press.
- ^National Archives – 30th Light Dragoons.
- ^Burke, John.A general and heraldic dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire.Vol. 1. p. 206.
- ^Leigh Rayment's list of baronets