 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hale akaunganidzwa mukati meVhiki reIsita 1916uye akatumira nhume dzinoverengeka kuCork achikumbira mimwe mirayiridzo. Pakupedzisira, zvisinei, kwakanga kusina kumukira muCork kwokuenzanisa ikoko muDublin. Vazvipiri vacho vakasiya zvombo zvavo uye gare gare vakasungwa. Terence McSwiney akasungwa mumusha waHales musi wa 3 May 1916 uye Hales pachake akatiza ndokuenda achitiza. Akataura kuti akanga akanyorwa seanotsvakwa mupepanhau remapurisa reHue and Cry. Muna 1918 Hales akabatanidzwa mukupamba kwechikepe cheBritish uye akabata vasungwa makumi maviri nevashanu veRIC Royal Irish Constabulary vasungwa paSnagmore Castle. Hales akabatanidzwawo muchirongwa chokubatsira mukoma wake, Seán, kuti atize pashure pokunge asungwa pamusoro peChirongwa cheGermany. Akasarudzwa mutungamiri we1st Bandon battalion 191719, uye mutungamiri weCork 3rd brigade, IRA, munaJanuary 1919. 