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Fr Morrissey has published over twelve books.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79136741/ WorldCat Identities]</ref> He wrote in 1980 ''James Archer of Kilkenny'', the biography of a colourful and controversial sixteenth-century Jesuit. In 2010 he published a biography of [[Edward Joseph Byrne|Edward Byrne]], former archbishop of Dublin.<ref>
Fr Morrissey has published over twelve books.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79136741/ WorldCat Identities]</ref> He wrote in 1980 ''James Archer of Kilkenny'', the biography of a colourful and controversial sixteenth-century Jesuit. In 2010 he published a biography of [[Edward Joseph Byrne|Edward Byrne]], former archbishop of Dublin.<ref>
{{cite news|url=http://www.ncirl.ie/Current_Students/Norma_Smurfit_Library/National_College_of_Ireland:_Past,_Present_and_Future_/Profiles_of_Distinguished_Directors |title=Profiles of Distinguished Directors |date= |work=Fr. Tom Morrisey |publisher=[[National College of Ireland]] |accessdate=15 January 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125739/http://www.ncirl.ie/Current_Students/Norma_Smurfit_Library/National_College_of_Ireland:_Past,_Present_and_Future_/Profiles_of_Distinguished_Directors |archivedate=July 21, 2011 }}</ref>
{{cite news|url=http://www.ncirl.ie/Current_Students/Norma_Smurfit_Library/National_College_of_Ireland:_Past,_Present_and_Future_/Profiles_of_Distinguished_Directors |title=Profiles of Distinguished Directors |date= |work=Fr. Tom Morrisey |publisher=[[National College of Ireland]] |accessdate=15 January 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125739/http://www.ncirl.ie/Current_Students/Norma_Smurfit_Library/National_College_of_Ireland:_Past,_Present_and_Future_/Profiles_of_Distinguished_Directors |archivedate=July 21, 2011 }}</ref>

Fr. Morrissey serves on the board of the Jesuit Library in Milltown Park, Dublin.<ref>[http://jesuitlibrary.ie/ Library Board] Jesuit Library, www.jesuitlibrary.ie</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book |author=Morrissey, Thomas J. |authorlink= |authormask= |title=Bishop Edward O'Dwyer of Limerick |location=Dublin |publisher=Four Courts Press |year=2003 |<!--isbn=-->}}
*{{cite book |author=Morrissey, Thomas J. |authorlink= |authormask= |title=Bishop Edward O'Dwyer of Limerick |location=Dublin |publisher=Four Courts Press |year=2003 |<!--isbn=-->}}
*{{cite book |author=Morrissey, Thomas J. |authorlink= |authormask= |title=Where Two Traditions Meet: John Sullivan SJ, 1861-1933 |location=Dublin |publisher=Columba Press |year=2009 |<!--isbn=-->}}
*{{cite book |author=Morrissey, Thomas J. |authorlink= |authormask= |title=Where Two Traditions Meet: John Sullivan SJ, 1861-1933 |location=Dublin |publisher=Columba Press |year=2009 |<!--isbn=-->}}
*{{cite book |author=Morrissey, Thomas J. |authorlink= |authormask= |title=Laurence O'Neill (1864–1943)
Lord Mayor of Dublin (1917–1924), patriot and man of peace |location=Dublin |publisher=Four Courts Press/Dublin City Council |year=2014 |<!--isbn=-->}} <ref>[http://www.irishcatholic.ie/article/first-citizen-dublin A First Citizen of Dublin] by Peter Costello, The Irish Catholic, January 30, 2014.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

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Thomas J. Morrissey
5th President of National College of Ireland
In office
1983–1989
Preceded byFr. Bill Toner
Succeeded byProf. Joyce O'Connor
Personal details
BornLimerick, Ireland
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
University College Cork

Fr. Thomas "Tom" J. Morrissey, historian, teacher and writer, was the fifth Director of Education at the College of Industrial Relations (National College of Ireland) from 1983 to 1989.[1]

Fr. Thomas was born in Limerick and was educated at Crescent College. He entered the Jesuit Order in 1948. He studied history at University College Dublin and graduated with a master's degree. In 1976 he was awarded a doctorate in education at University College Cork. He taught at Sacred Heart College, Limerick and at Mungret College from 1963 to 1968.

He played a major role in the planning and development of Crescent College Comprehensive S.J. in Limerick and was its headmaster from 1969 until 1982.[2]

He was Director of the College of Industrial Relations (National College of Ireland) from 1983 to 1990. During this time he developed a Board of Management to govern the College and registered it under the Companies Act (1963).

Fr Morrissey has published over twelve books.[3] He wrote in 1980 James Archer of Kilkenny, the biography of a colourful and controversial sixteenth-century Jesuit. In 2010 he published a biography of Edward Byrne, former archbishop of Dublin.[4]

Fr. Morrissey serves on the board of the Jesuit Library in Milltown Park, Dublin.[5]

Bibliography

  • Morrissey, Thomas J. (2003). Bishop Edward O'Dwyer of Limerick. Dublin: Four Courts Press. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
  • Morrissey, Thomas J. (2009). Where Two Traditions Meet: John Sullivan SJ, 1861-1933. Dublin: Columba Press. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)
  • Morrissey, Thomas J. (2014). Laurence O'Neill (1864–1943) Lord Mayor of Dublin (1917–1924), patriot and man of peace. Dublin: Four Courts Press/Dublin City Council. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help); line feed character in |title= at position 29 (help) [6]

References

  1. ^ Chronology of the College, National College of Ireland
  2. ^ History of Crescent College ComprehensiveSJ, Crescent College Comprehensive S.J.
  3. ^ WorldCat Identities
  4. ^ "Profiles of Distinguished Directors". Fr. Tom Morrisey. National College of Ireland. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Library Board Jesuit Library, www.jesuitlibrary.ie
  6. ^ A First Citizen of Dublin by Peter Costello, The Irish Catholic, January 30, 2014.