His parents encouraged his early interest in stage performance and he won several medals for his recitations at the Feis Ceoil. In 1977, Morrissey won a Jacob's Award for his performances in Frank Hall's long-running satirical TV series, Hall's Pictorial Weekly.
Membership
He played hurling with his local club Saint Martin"s and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1990s.