 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Somers akatamira kuDalkey, County Dublin muna 1908 naamai vake avo vakanga vachitorazve nzvimbo savakuru vepositi veguta. Kubva pano Somers aive nhengo inoshingaira yeThe Gaelic League neSinn Féin, pamwe nemutsigiri weCumann na mBan neIrish Volunteers. Pakupedzisira akava munyori weboka romunzvimbomo reCumann na mBan. Mushandirapamwe waSomers wokurwisa kuunganidzwa kwevanhu vokuIreland muuto reBritain muna 1915 wakakonzera kuti amai vake varasikirwe nebasa ravo semukuru wepositi weDalkey. Izvi zvakaita kuti ave mushandi wehurumende wokutanga kurasikirwa nebasa rake pamusana pekubatana kwake neIrish republicanism. Kushivirira kwake kwaMateu Nathan kuburikidza nekunyorerana tsamba kwakatungamira amai vake kudzorerwa pakupera kweHondo Yenyika I. Mukoma wake, DC Somers, akatongerwa makore mashanu ebasa rekumanikidzwa nekuda kwekutora kwake chikamu muIsita 1916, uye akarasikirwa nebasa rake muhurumende. Ikoku kwakatungamirira kumhuri kutambura mune zvemari. Vakoma vake vose vari vaviri, D.C. naMichael, vakashumira muIRA mukati meIrish War of Independence. Somers akanga ari mukurukuri wevoruzhinji uye akaunganidza mari yeSinn Féin kubva muna 1917 zvichienda mberi. 