Career
He taught in County Cavan from 1947, and later spent twenty five years as principal of Ahascragh national school. In 1971, Claddagh Records released An Aill Báin (The White Rock): Songs in Irish and English from Connemara. In 1994, Cló Iar-Chonnachta released a Civil Defense of his songs in Irish and English, entitled Seán "ac Dhonncha: An Spailpín Fánach.".