Danny Morrison, full name Daniel Gerard Morrison, (born Belfast 1953) is an Irish Republican activist and writer. At the 1981 Sinn Féin conference, he coined the phrase "a ballot paper in this hand and an Armalite in the other" to describe the proposed two-pronged strategy of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in advancing the cause of republicanism. Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Pronounced fee-na fall.) (English: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Provisional Sinn Féin be merged into this article or section. ... The armalite and the ballot box strategy was pursued by the Irish Republican movement in the 1980s and early 1990s, a strategy where elections in Northern Ireland and the Republic were contested by Sinn Féin, while the IRA continued to pursue a paramilitary struggle against the British government and... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... It has been suggested that Provisional Sinn Féin be merged into this article or section. ...

Ironically, two of his sisters are married to British soldiers.

He was interned in Long Kesh in 1972. He was editor of An Phoblacht from 1975, and a Sinn Fein Assembly Member for Mid Ulster from 1982-6. He also stood unsuccesfully for the European Parliament in 1984 and 1989 and for the Mid Ulster Westminster seat in 1983 and 1986. He was director of publicity for Sinn Féin from 1979 until 1990, when he was charged with conspiracy to murder an PIRA informer, Sandy Lynch. In court he claimed the IRA was justified in killing informers. He was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment, and released in 1995. The word internment is generally used to refer to the imprisonment or confinement of people without due process of law and a trial. ... HM Prison Maze (known colloqually as The H Blocks, Long Kesh or The Maze) is a disused prison sited at the former RAF station at Long Kesh (it is still called Long Kesh by many Irish Republicans) near Lisburn, nine miles outside Belfast, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... An Phoblacht/Republican News is the newspaper of the Provisional movement in Ireland. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... This article is about the year. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Since 1989, Morrison has published several novels and plays on themes relating to republicanism and Belfast. His latest play, The Wrong Man, recently opened in London. It is based on his 1997 book of the same name and deals with the career of an RUC informer.-1... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He lives in West Belfast, with his Canadian born wife Leslie. He has one son by a previous marriage.

External links

Danny Morrison website

See Also

• List of Northern Ireland writers