Life
1807-1858; b. Kilkenny, ed. Dublin, MD 1836; practised medicine in Kilkenny;
mayor in 1844; Young Ireland sympathiser, though non-participant in 1848;
est. Celtic Union, 1853; ed. The Celt, 1857; issued History
of the Williamite and Jacobite Wars (1859). DNB DIH
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Works
Essay on Irish Ring-money, and Confederate and Ormonde Coin (Dublin:
J. O'Daly 1853), 20pp., 8o.; Some Practical Remarks on Cholera: with
an appendix containing sanatory hints for Kilkenny (Kilkenny: T. Shearman
1849), 47pp., 8o.; The History of the Williamite and Jacobite Wars
in Ireland; from their Origin to the Capture of Athlone (Dublin: Wm. Hennessy
1859), 246pp., 80.; and Do. [another edn.], with continuation to
the death of James II by Maurice Lenihan (Dublin: J. Duffy & Sons 1884),
251pp., 8o, pls. & maps.
The History of the Williamite and Jacobite Wars in Ireland;
from their origin to the capture of Athlone (priv. 1859), 246pp., 8o.,
pls. & maps.; [another edn.] With continuation to the death of James II by Maurice Lenihan, &c. (Dublin: J. Duffy & Sons 1884), 251pp., 8o. Also, cites an edition, (Dublin: W.M. Hennessy [1859?]), 56pp. [sic], 2 leaves of pls., maps, ports, 23 cm.
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Notes
The Duke of Wellington refers to him in the speech (quoted in Charles
Read, ed., Cabinet of Irish Literature, Vol. III, 1879, p.46):
‘It was necessary some time ago to carry on military operations in
the very neighbourhood of Kilkenny. Who was the elected mayor there at
that time? Dr. Cane. And what became of Dr. Cane? Why, before the operations
in Kilkenny were over, he was in prison under the provisions of the act
for the suspension of the habeas corpus ..’ [An argument for not
handing authority to the municipal corporations at the expense of the
Lord-Lieutenant].
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