Career
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Cork East constituency at the 1948 general election and was re-elected at the 1951 general election.
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Cork East constituency at the 1948 general election and was re-elected at the 1951 general election.
He died in office in 1953 and the by-election caused by his death was won by Richard Barry of Fine Gael.