Career
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Galway South constituency at the 1958 by-election caused by the death of Patrick Beegan of Fianna Fáil. He was re-elected at the 1961 and 1965 general elections for the Galway East constituency. He did not contest the 1969 general election.