Danny Morrison

Quick Facts

Full Name	Danny Morrison
Occupation	Activist
Date Of Birth	Jan 9, 1953(1953-01-09)
Age	71
Birthplace	Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Auckland Region
Horoscope	Capricorn

Danny Morrison Biography

Danny Morrison is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on January 9, 1953 in Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand. A well-known Irish politician and writer well-known for his part as a participant in The Northern Irish conflict known as The Troubles. His most well-known literary works include The Wrong Man, Then the Walls Came Down: A Prison Journal, and All The Dead Voices.

Folk singer Folk musician Christy Moore contributed poems and stories to Morrison’s book Hunger Strike. contributed poems and tales for Morrison’s collection Hunger Strike.

Daniel Gerard Morrison (born 9 January 1953), known generally as Danny Morrison, is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer, Irish author and activist who played a crucial role in public events during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. An Irish republican, Morrison is also a former Sinn Féin publicity director and editor of Republican News and An Phoblacht. He is the secretary of the Bobby Sands Trust and current chairman of Féile an Phobail, the largest community arts festival in Ireland.

After the 1969 Northern Ireland riots, in which unionist and nationalist areas of Belfast were attacked and burned, he joined the newly formed Provisional IRA. He believed that, “the IRA had been deliberately run down, so that when August 1969 came, there was little or no defence [of nationalist areas]’…[so] a new IRA was built to ensure that nationalists were never left defenceless again”. After this, he was engaged in clandestine republican activities, but as late as 1971, was still attending Belfast College of Business Studies and editing a student magazine there. Morrison was interned in Long Kesh in 1972.

His first marriage gave birth to two sons. He was able to settle with the second woman he married, Leslie van Slyke, in Belfast.

Danny Morrison Net Worth

Danny Morrison is one of the richest Activist from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Danny Morrison 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, He was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).

He was appointed secretary of Ireland’s biggest art festival, Feile an Phobail.

Morrison was born in staunchly Irish nationalist Andersonstown, Belfast, on 9 January 1953, to Daniel and Susan Morrison. His father worked as a painter at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in East Belfast. The Morrisons were a strongly republican family originally from Massereene Street in West Belfast. His uncles had been jailed for their part in the IRA’s Northern Campaign in the 1940s; one of his uncles was Harry White, a prominent IRA volunteer from a previous generation. Morrison joined Sinn Féin in 1966 and helped to organise 50th anniversary commemorations of the Easter Rising in Belfast. At this time, he later recalled, “as far as we were concerned, there was absolutely no chance of the IRA appearing again. They were something in history books”.

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Who is Danny Morrison Dating?

According to our records, Danny Morrison married to Leslie Van Slyke. As of December 1, 2023, Danny Morrison’s is not dating anyone.

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At the 1981 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, Morrison made a famous speech in which he called for the party’s constitution to be changed. He said: “Who here really believes we can win the war through the ballot box? But will anyone here object if, with a ballot paper in one hand and an Armalite in this hand, we take power in Ireland?” It is from this speech that the famous term “Armalite and ballot box strategy” derived. The term described the two-pronged approach of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin as it sought to advance the republican cause. In reply, Sinn Féin President Ruairí Ó Brádaigh argued that the Ard Fheis should not “swap a slogan for a policy”, referring to Éire Nua. In early 1982, loyalist paramilitaries unsuccessfully attempted to kill Morrison and his first wife, opening fire on them as they walked from a local bar. Later, at the Ard Fheis in 1982, Morrison famously said of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, “She’s the biggest bastard we have ever known.”

Facts & Trivia

Danny Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Danny Morrison celebrates birthday on January 9 of every year.

Since 1989, Morrison has published several novels and plays on themes relating to republicanism and events in the modern history of Belfast. His latest play, The Wrong Man, opened in London in 2005. It is based on his 1997 book of the same name and deals with the career of an IRA man who is suspected by his colleagues of working for the police.

What is Danny Morrison doing now?

After cricket Since his departure from international cricket, Morrison has been employed in numerous cricket-related positions. These include: Commentator on TVNZ, Sky Sports and Fox Sports. Commentator on the Indian Premier League.

Who was Danny Morrison?

Danny Morrison
Born| Daniel Gerard Morrison 9 January 1953 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupation| Author Politician Political Activist
Nationality| Irish
Notable works| Hunger Strike (editor)

Who is Danny Morrison wife?

Kim Morrison

What age is Danny Morrison?

56 years (February 3, 1966)

What is the salary of commentators in IPL?

Salary of IPL commentators: As per report, English commentators earn around USD 250,000 to USD 500,000 for the entire IPL season. Those sitting in the Star Sports Select Dugout draw a salary of USD 500,000 to USD 700,000. The salary of the Hindi commentators ranges from USD 80,000 to USD 350,000.