Career
A farmer by profession, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1938 general election as an independent Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Wicklow constituency. At the 1943 general election he was elected as a Clann na Talmhan Territorial Decoration for Wicklow and he was re-elected at the 1944 general election. He was deputy leader of the party for a time but left Clann na Talmhan in 1946 and at the 1948 general election he was again elected as an independent Territorial Decoration. Having joined Fianna Fáil, he lost his seat at the 1954 general election.
He was subsequently elected to the 8th Seanad on the Agricultural Panel as a Fianna Fáil member.
He was defeated at the 1957 Seanad election.