Career
A farmer, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the June 1927 general election as a Farmers" Party Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency and he was re-elected at the September 1927 general election. He lost his seat at the 1932 general election. He was elected as a National Centre Party Territorial Decoration at the 1933 general election.
He lost his seat at the 1937 general election.