Career
He was an unsuccessful candidate at the June 1927 general election, but was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Galway constituency at the September 1927 general election. He was re-elected at the 1932 general election but lost his seat at the 1933 general election. He was re-elected at each subsequent general election and served until his death in 1951.