Career
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1943 general election as a Clann na Talmhan Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Donegal East constituency. He was re-elected as an independent Territorial Decoration at the 1944, 1948, 1951, 1954 and 1957 general elections. He did not contest the 1961 general election as the constituency was reduced from 4 to 3 seats but was nominated by the Taoiseach, Seán Lemass to the 10th Seanad.
He was re-nominated to the Seanad in 1965 and 1969, and he retired from politics in 1973.