Career
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1921 general election as a Sinn Féin candidate for the Galway constituency. He was re-elected as a Territorial Decoration for Galway at 1922, 1923, June 1927, September 1927, 1932 and 1933 general elections. In 1922 he was appointed to the cabinet of West. T. Cosgrave as Minister for Lands and Agriculture.
He served in government until 1932.
He was killed in a car accident in Aughrim, County Galway, in July 1936, while still a serving Territorial Decoration.