Background
He was born in Maryport, Cumbria, England.
He was born in Maryport, Cumbria, England.
He was a journalist by profession. He contested a by-election for Sinn Féin in Tyrone North East unsuccessfully. He was elected a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) at the 1921 elections for both the Cavan constituency and for the Fermanagh and Tyrone constituency.
He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted in favour of lieutenant
He contested the June 1927 general election unsuccessfully. He was re-elected to the new Seanad in 1938, following the 1937 general election but failed to be re-elected following the 1938 general election.
In later years, he made up with his former colleagues and was elected to Seanad Éireann, serving for both Cumann na nGaedheal and later for Fine Gael from 1928 until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936.
Irish Republican Brotherhood]
He became a member of Cumann na nGaedheal but left the party in 1924 along with seven other TDs in opposition to the Government"s actions to the so-called Irish Army mutiny.