He was an able lieutenant to Plunkett, and travelled extensively throughout Ireland as a spokesman for the IAOS; he was mainly responsible for developing the credit societies and establishing Co-operative Banks in the south and west of the country, the numbers of which increased to 234 by 1910.
Bio je sposoban poručnik i puno je putovao Irskom kao glasnogovornik društva, uglavnom odgovoran za razvoj ugleda društava i osnivanje suradničkih banaka na jugu i zapadu zemlje čiji se broj 1910. povećao na 234.