 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kathleen OConnell akaberekwa Catherine OConnell paCaherdaniel, County Kerry musi wa5 Gumiguru 1888. Aive mumwe wevana gumi nemumwe vemurimi John OConnell naMary Ann OConnell née OSullivan. Akadzidza muCounty Kerry, uye akatamira kuChicago muna 1904 kwaakadzidzira kuva munyori. Akasiya basa rokutengesa raibhadhara zvakanaka muna 1912 kuti ave munyori wevamiriri veAmerica veGaelic League muNew York. Akashanda pamwe chete naThomas Ashe naDiarmuid Lynch pakuunganidza mari uye akabata tsamba dzavo dzakavanzika dzeIRB. Akadzokera kuIreland kwenguva pfupi muna 1915 kunopinda musangano weGaelic League oireachtas uye ard fheis, achivhota achitsigira kuita zvematongerwo enyika kwesangano. Mukati meshanyo imwe cheteyo iye akaunza mari namashoko kuIrish Volunteers kubva kuna John Devoy. OConnell akapinda musangano weNew York Irish Race Convention, achienderera mberi nebasa reFriends of Irish Freedom. Pachinzvimbo ichi akaronga uye akaunganidza mari yekukunda yekusununguka kweIreland. Akanga ariwo mukopi weClann na Gael. Pashure Pokumuka kwePasika ya1916, akava nhengo yeCumann na mBan muUS, achiunganidza mari yechirikadzi nevana veavo vakaurayiwa kana kukuvadzwa panguva yekumuka. Kwakanga kuri kupfurikidza nebasa iri kuti akava shamwari yapedyo yaArthur Griffith nemhuri yake. 