 He edited the literary magazine "Nimbus" from 1955 to 1956, during which time he published 19 poems, sent to him by Patrick Swift, by Patrick Kavanagh, which proved to be the turing point in Kavanagh's career.He co-founded the quarterly literary review "X magazine" which he co-edited from 1959 to 1962.His work includes three books about Portugal written with Patrick Swift, his co-founder and co-editor of "X".