Career
An auctioneer and licensed grocer, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the 7-seat Leitrim–Sligo constituency at the June 1927 general election as a representative of the National League Party. He is most famous for having been absent, on 16 August 1927, from a crucial vote of motion of no confidence in the Executive Council. This resulted in a tied vote (71–71) and the government survived only because of the casting vote of the Ceann Comhairle (chairman).
The proposed alternative government was a Labour Party/National League coalition, depending on the external support of Fianna Fáil.
The September 1927 general election rapidly followed, at which he stood as an independent candidate and was not re-elected.