He participated in the Galicianist movement led by Ramón Piñeiro within Spain in the postwar period. Lugrís also worked in London for the BBC, and later as a translator for the UN in New York, where he came into contact with the group of exiles from Casa Galicia (Sources: M. Mato, “Fallece el periodista Ramón Lugrís, una de las conciencias del galleguismo del siglo XX”; H.J. Porto, “Morre Ramón Lugrís, europeísta que ‘capitaneou o novo galeguismo’”; Memorias de Casa Galicia NY).