Complex sentence: In 1687 he became chancellor of the cathedral of Connor and a justice of the peace, and began a long career of public controversy by responding in public disputation at Monaghan to the challenge of the Roman Catholic bishop of Clogher.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1687 he became chancellor of the cathedral of Connor and a justice of the peace. He began a long career of public controversy by responding in public disputation at Monaghan to the challenge of the Roman Catholic bishop of Clogher.