 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sargent akaberekwa 16 January 1890 paManor Street muWaterford. Akanga ari mwana bedzi waTerence Hannan naimbova Mary Daly. Baba vake vakafa paakanga achiri mucheche, zvichiita kuti amai vake vatamire kuEngland naye. Vaigara nababamunini vake, Mufundisi Richard Hannan, muparishi paLamley Moor, pedyo neDurham. Ikoko akadzidza pachikoro chechiFrench uye mumamongi eLoreto. Kubvira achiri muduku akanga achibatanidzwa neGaelic League muLondon, zvichida achifurirwa nehanzvadzi yake Richard Barry OBrien. Kwakanga kuri kupfurikidza nokubatanidzwa kwake musangano rake kuti akasangana nomurume wake, Philip Armfield Sargent, mutengesi wamatanda. Vakaroorana muLondon pana 16 September 1908 apo akanga ava nemakore 17. Philip akanga ari muQuaker weEngland, asi akanga ane tsitsi dzakasimba norudzi rweIrish uye akabatanidzwa muzviitiko zveIsita 1916. Pashure paikoko sezvingabvira akachengetwa muLewes jeri rehondo kutozosvikira muna June 1916 apo akaendeswa kumusasa weFrongoch, kuchamhembe kweWales. 