Morrissey is the son of Irish Catholic immigrants from Crumlin, Dublin, Elizabeth Ann (Dwyer), and Peter Aloysius Morrissey, who settled in Manchester.
Peter Morrissey was the name of Morrissey’s maternal grandpa (the son of Patrick Morrissey).
The grandmother of Morrissey was Ellen McDonnell (the daughter of Thomas McDonnell and Catherine Bloomfield). Dublin is where Ellen was born. Thomas was the son of Ellen Doyle and Thomas McDonnell. The offspring of John Bloomfield and Ann Kelly was Catherine. The last name Bloomfield has English ancestry.
Morrissey parents: Meet Elizabeth Dwyer, Peter Morrissey
According to a statement on his website, Morrissey’s mother Elizabeth Anne Dwyer, who was born in Dublin and sang with the Smiths, passed away after a battle with sickness.
Ms. Dwyer, who was believed to be in her 80s, worked as a librarian and resided in the Manchester district of Altrincham. Morrissey and Elizabeth Anne Dwyer, his mother.
Peter Morrissey, Morrissey’s father, worked as a hospital porter. His parents’ relationship was rocky, and in December 1976, his father left the family home and they officially parted ways.
