Career
He stood for election to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Cork North constituency at the 1951 general election but was unsuccessful. He was elected to Seanad Éireann to the Agricultural Panel at a by-election on 24 February 1970. He was re-elected at the 1973 Seanad election.
He died in 1974 during the 13th Seanad.
