 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pazera ramakore masere, akaona baba vake vachitaura mumakirabhu akawanda echiSocialist muGlasgow, iye pashure pacho akava munhu akazvipira wezvematongerwe enyika echiSocialist. Akatamira kuBelfast muna 1910 nokuda kwebasa, uye mhuri yake yakatevera nokukurumidza pashure pacho. Akatora rutivi mukurova kwake kwokutanga paakanga achishanda muBelfast pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu umo vashandi vefekitari vakanga vachimanikidzirwa kushanda pasi. Paakanga ari muBelfast akava nhengo yekutanga yeYoung Republican Army uye yebazi revasikana reFianna. Aivewo nhengo yekutanga yeCumann na mBan muBelfast. Muna 1914, zvirongwa zvakanga zvichiitwa zvokupandukira muIreland. Iye nehanzvadzi yake vakabatsira kutumira zvombo nenhumbi dzokurwa nadzo kunzvimbo dzokuvanda dzaErskine Childers uye vakabva vapiwa zvibhakera zviviri. Ipapo akatumirwa kuAmerica neshoko raibva kuna baba vake pamusoro pokumuka kwakarongwa nokuda kwa 1916. 