He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the June 1927 general election as a Farmers' Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency.
At the time of his election as a TD, he was a member of the governing body of University College Cork and chairman of Cork County Council.
His son-in-law was Irish Parliamentary Party MP Thomas Lundon.
[citation needed] In April 1941, he was chairman of Cork County Council.
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