 He promoted the magazines "Papel de Color" and "Galiza", and edited the first issue of the latter, published July 25, 1930.He was a founding member of the Partido Galeguista (Galicianist Party).The military uprising of July 1936 found Cunqueiro in Mondoñedo, and thanks to the influence of his conservative family, he was not subjected to reprisals, and was able to find work as a teacher in a private school in Ortigueira from October 1936 onwards.