Daniel Morrissey

Daniel Morrissey (died 1981) was an Irish politician who served in Dáil Éireann for thirty-five years.^[1]

He was a native of Nenagh, County Tipperary. He was first elected to the 3rd Dáil at the 1922 general election as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for Tipperary Mid, North and South.^[2] He was elected at the 1932 general election as an independent, but joined Cumann na nGaedheal the following year.

In the First Inter-Party Government, he was appointed to the cabinet under John A. Costello in 1948 as Minister for Industry and Commerce. In 1954, he declined accepting a cabinet position in the Second Inter-Party Government due to his age.

In Professor Tom Garvin's review of the 1950s News from a New Republic, he comes in for praise as a moderniser and the instigator of the Industrial Development Authority. Garvin places him with a cross party group including Gerard Sweetman of Fine Gael and William Norton of the Labour Party as well as Seán Lemass of Fianna Fáil who were pushing a modernising agenda.

Morrissey was elected to Dáil Éireann at every election until the 1957 general election when he retired from politics.

References

1. "Mr. Daniel Morrissey". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
2. "Daniel Morrissey". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 18 January 2011.