From 1923 he taught illustration and layout at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, taking over from Clarke. Between them they taught a generation of illustrators, including George Altendorf, Olive Cunningham, Richard King, Victor Penney and John Henry. He illustrated numerous book covers, particularly for An Gúm ("the scheme"), a government project to publish books in Irish, including translated works of English, American and European literature. He died in 1961.