He was a carpenter working in the Loughrea area before moving to Dublin, where he got involved in the Irish Cooperative Movement.
In Loughrea he helped establish the Cooperative Livestock Mart, serving as chairman and a committee member till his death.
He contested the Galway County Council Election three times as a Sinn Féin candidate in 1967 and twice in the 1970s.
I remember him making speeches at the time outside the church and after Mass on a Sunday.
His coffin was carried to St. Dympna's Church, Kileenadeema, by members of Republican Sinn Féin, led by Ruairí Ó Brádaigh.