Career
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1933 general election as a National Centre Party Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Leitrim–Sligo constituency. He was re-elected at the 1938, 1943 and 1944 general elections. He lost his seat at the 1948 general election but was elected for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency at the 1951 general election.
He lost his seat again at the 1954 general election but was re-elected at the 1957 general election.
He did not contest the 1961 general election. He served on Sligo County Council for the Ballymote area from 1928 until his death in 1963.
