Career
He served for three months as a Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the National League Party, a short-lived party which advocated closer ties with the United Kingdom. He was born in Limerick, the son of a County Cork ironmonger, was otherwise a master plumber. He was elected at the June 1927 general election as a Territorial Decoration for the Cork Borough constituency, taking his seat as one of eight National League TDs in the 5th Dáil.
However, the 5th Dáil was short-lived, and at the September 1927 general election Horgan and all but two of his party"s TDs lost their seats.
The party went bankrupt in 1928, and was formally disbanded in 1931. Horgan subsequently joined Cumann na nGaedheal, and stood again as a Cumann na nGaedheal candidate in Cork Borough at the 1932 and 1933 general elections, but did not regain his seat.
He retired from Cork Corporation in 1949 after 25 years" membership. He died at his residence, at 2, The Orchards, Glasheen Road, Cork, on 27 June 1955 aged 79. and is buried at Saint Finbarr"s Cemetery.