Career
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Cork East constituency at the 1932 general election. He was re-elected at the 1933 general election but lost his seat at the 1937 general election. At the 1943 general election, he moved to the Cork South–East constituency, and was re-elected for this constituency at the 1944 general election.
He did not contest the 1948 general election.
