sentences:  He contested the June 1927 general election unsuccessfully.In later years, he made up with his former colleagues and was elected to Seanad Éireann, serving for both Cumann na nGaedheal and later for Fine Gael from 1928 until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936.He was re-elected to the new Seanad in 1938, following the 1937 general election but failed to be re-elected following the 1938 general election.