CANE

Robert , b. Kilkenny 1807; surgeon at Kilkenny 1832 to death; M.R.C.S. England 1841; F.R.C.S. Ireland 1844; M.D. Glasgow 1842; chief promoter of repeal movement at Kilkenny, mayor 1844 and 1849; originated Celtic Union a semi-political and semi-literary society 1853; edited the Celt , a magazine, first number appeared 1 Aug. 1857; author of The Will i a mite and Jacobite wars in Ireland 1859. d. William st. Kilkenny 17 Aug. 1858. Irish quarterly review viii , 1004–96 (1858).