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List of events
Events from the year 1787 in Ireland.
- 19 August –
John Butler, 12th Baron Dunboyne, having resigned as
Roman Catholic
Bishop of Cork and married a cousin, Maria, contrary to his
vow of celibacy, swears oaths of
allegiance,
abjuration and
Supremacy of the
monarch as
Supreme Governor of the Church of England in
Clonmel, the only authenticated
apostate in the
Catholic hierarchy in Ireland.
[1]
- 30 August – the
Richardson Baronetcy, of
Augher in the County of
Tyrone, is created in the
Baronetage of Ireland for William Richardson.
[2]
- 31 August – the
Carden Baronetcy, of
Templemore in the County of
Tipperary, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for John Carden, commander of the
30th Regiment of Light Dragoons,
[3] which he had helped raise.
[4]
- 3 September – the
Leslie Baronetcy, of
Tarbert in the County of
Kerry, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Edward Leslie.
[5]