Thomas J. Morrissey | |
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5th President of National College of Ireland | |
In office 1983–1989 | |
Preceded by | Fr. Bill Toner |
Succeeded by | Prof. Joyce O'Connor |
Personal details | |
Born | Limerick, Ireland |
Alma mater |
University College Dublin University College Cork |
Profession | Jesuit priest |
Fr. Thomas "Tom" J. Morrissey, born in 1929 in Limerick ( Ireland), is an Irish Jesuit priest. historian, teacher and writer. He was the fifth Director of Education at the College of Industrial Relations ( National College of Ireland) from 1983 to 1989. [1]
Fr. Morrissey was born in Limerick and was educated at Crescent College, Limerick. 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.[ citation needed]
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] [3]
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).[ citation needed]
Fr Morrissey has published over twelve books. [4] He wrote in 1980 James Archer of Kilkenny, the biography of a colourful and controversial sixteenth-century Jesuit, James Archer. In 2010 he published a biography of Edward Byrne, former archbishop of Dublin. [5]
Fr. Morrissey serves on the board of the Jesuit Library in Milltown Park, Dublin. [6]
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