He was jailed on three occasions for activities connected with his IRA membership spending a total if fifteen years in prison, including a six-month term in 1973 in the Republic of Ireland for being a member of the IRA.
He was jailed on three occasions for IRA related activity spending a total of fifteen years in prison in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. His first term was for his activity in the 1956 IRA border campaign, He also served a six-month term in 1973 in the Republic of Ireland for being a member of the IRA.