sentences:  He refused an offer of the Ministry for Posts and Telegraphs if he would switch to the pro-Treaty side.Having been sworn to non-violence – together with Richard Mulcahy – by the Augustinians, he did not join the anti-Treaty forces.He was again re-elected for Kerry–Limerick West at the 1922 general election, this time as anti-Treaty Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD).