Career
He was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Administrative Panel at the 1951 election, and was re-elected to the Seanad in 1954 and 1957. He lost his Dáil seat at the 1961 general election. He was again elected to the Seanad on the Administrative Panel at the 1965 election but lost his Seanad seat at the 1969 election.