[2] He then moved to Ireland where he studied English and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin, where he became chairperson of the Literary Society.
[3] During this time he became friends with, and an early editor of, Sally Rooney[4] who described him as "the source of all her good writing advice".
He is a contributor to and editor-at-large for The Stinging Fly magazine, and edited Tramp Press's short story anthology Dubliners 100 in 2014, which won an Irish Book Award.
[1][8] Regarding's Ireland's support for writers, Morris has said "There’s a tendency in Britain to go, ah, aren’t the Irish great with their oral storytelling tradition, as if that’s where [the success] comes from.
One thread of the (Stinging Fly)'s history in the 25 years since it was set up is the growth of the Arts Council in that time.