 Complete the following phrase:  Kathleen OConnell was born Catherine OConnell at Caherdaniel, County Kerry on 5 October 1888. She was one of eleven children of farmer John OConnell and Mary Ann OConnell née OSullivan. She was educated in County Kerry, and emigrated to Chicago in 1904 where she trained to be a secretary. She left a well-paid commercial job in 1912 to become secretary to the American delegation of the Gaelic League in New York. She worked closely with Thomas Ashe and Diarmuid Lynch on fund-raising and handled their secret IRB correspondence. She returned to Ireland briefly in 1915 to attend the Gaelic League oireachtas and ard fheis, voting in favour of the politicisation of the organisation. During the same visit she brought money and messages to the Irish Volunteers from John Devoy. OConnell attended the New York Irish Race Convention, going on to work of the Friends of Irish Freedom. In this position she organised and collected for the victory fund for Irish independence. She was also a typist for Clann na Gael. After the 