Career
A national school teacher before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) at the 1932 general election for the Monaghan constituency. He was re-elected at the 1933 and 1937 general elections. He died while still in office in 1937.
His widow Bridget Rice succeeded him as a Territorial Decoration for the same constituency from 1938 to 1954.
