a strong political bias and intended to publish material relating to Irish history. The Union produced a magazine called 'The Celt' and Cane acted as editor. Dr Cane died of consumption on 16 August 1858. He is buried in St. John's Graveyard, very close to his friend John Banim. In 1859 a series of articles entitled 'History of the Williamite and Jacobite Wars of Ireland from their origin to the capture of Athlone' which he had written were published by the Celtic Union. References Further reading A lengthy biographical article is to be found in the Irish Quarterly Review (1858). Short biographies appear in the Dictionary of National Biography and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The Politics of Irish Literature: from Thomas Davis to W.B. Yeats, Malcolm Brown, Allen & Unwin, 1973. John Mitchel, A Cause Too Many, Aidan Hegarty, Camlane Press. Thomas Davis, The Thinker and teacher, Arthur Griffith, M.H. Gill & Son 1922. Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Meagher His Political and Military Career,Capt. W. F. Lyons, Burns Oates & Washbourne Limited 1869 Young Ireland and 1848, Dennis Gwynn, Cork University Press 1949. Daniel O'Connell The Irish Liberator, Dennis Gwynn, Hutchinson & Co, Ltd. O'Connell Davis and the Colleges Bill, Dennis Gwynn, Cork University Press 1948. Smith O'Brien And The "Secession", Dennis Gwynn,Cork University Press Meagher of The Sword, Edited By Arthur Griffith, M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd. 1916. Young Irelander Abroad The Diary of Charles Hart, Edited by Brendan O'Cathaoir, University Press. John Mitchel First Felon for Ireland, Edited By Brian O'Higgins, Brian O'Higgins 1947. Rossa's Recollections 1838 to 1898, Intro by Sean O'Luing, The Lyons Press 2004. Labour in Ireland, James Connolly, Fleet Street 1910. The Re-Conquest of Ireland, James Connolly, Fleet Street 1915. John Mitchel Noted Irish Lives, Louis J. Walsh, The Talbot Press Ltd 1934. Thomas Davis: Essays and Poems, Centenary Memoir, M. H Gill, M.H. Gill & Son, Ltd MCMXLV. Life of John Martin, P. A. Sillard, James Duffy & Co., Ltd 1901. Life of John Mitchel, P. A. Sillard, James Duffy and Co., Ltd 1908. John Mitchel, P. S. O'Hegarty, Maunsel & Company, Ltd 1917. The Fenians in Context Irish Politics & Society 1848–82, R. V. Comerford, Wolfhound Press 1998 William Smith O'Brien and the Young Ireland Rebellion of 1848, Robert Sloan, Four Courts Press 2000 Irish Mitchel, Seamus MacCall, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd 1938. Ireland Her Own, T. A. Jackson,