He worked with a group of Irish writers producing a paper called Zolius.
He moved to England and then wrote short stories for London Illustrated News.
Building upon the success of his short stories, he wrote his first novel The Mystery of Killard.
He lived in Clapham in West London with his wife and three children, Margret, Sarah and David.
Copies of the books are kept in the National Library in London and are available on line now they have been digitised.