 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - sekuru-sekuru vaamai vaAdams, Michael Hannaway, vakanga variwo nhengo yeIRB panguva yekurwisa kwayo mabhomba muEngland muma1860 nema1870. Mwanakomana waMichael, Billy, akanga ari mumiririri wesarudzo yaÉamon de Valera musarudzo huru yeIrish ya1918 muWest Belfast. Adams akapinda St Finians Primary School paFalls Road, kwaakadzidziswa nehama dzeLa Salle. Apasa bvunzo yegumi nerimwe-plus muna 1960, akapinda St Marys Christian Brothers Grammar Chikoro. Akasiya St. Marys aine nhanhatu dzeO-level ndokuva mushandi webharani. Akanga achiwedzera kubatanidzwa muIrish republican movement, achijoinha Sinn Féin neFianna Éireann muna 1964, mushure mekunge asimbiswa nemhirizhonga yeDivis Street panguva yesarudzo huru yegore iro. 