With Shelbourne, he came close to a clean sweep of honours in the 1943–44 season, winning the League and Shield and losing out to Shamrock Rovers in the FAI Cup final.
At 5 ft 8in he was unusually small for a goalkeeper but, according to Holley & Chalk's "In That Number", "he had tremendous agility, which went a long way in compensating".
[1] Ireland recognised his talents, and in May 1951 he made his international debut against Argentina) and before May was out he had added a second cap (v. Norway).
Over the next 5 seasons he made 136 League and Cup appearances with the Saints and added another three Irish caps to his collection.
He was almost 37 years of age when he played his last game for the Saints against Norwich City in April 1956 and the following July he moved to Yeovil Town.