 In 1941 he was "responsible for the Irish National Monetary Reform Association issuing its historic constitution and manifesto".These documents were "influenced by and based on" the papal encyclicals Rerum Novarum and Quadragesimo Anno.In 1947, he named in the "Irish Press" as the Irish Monetary Reform Association nominee for the Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency) in the 1948 general election for the party.