He was appointed organist in a number of Anglican parishes in Ireland including St Patrick's Cathedral, Trim, County Meath (1882); St Paul's Church, Bray, County Wicklow (1884); in Rathfarnham, Dublin (1885–95); at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Rathmines, Dublin (1886); St Maelrune's, Tallaght, Dublin (1893); and St George's Church, Dublin (1885–98).