Her sister, Mother Columba of Loreto Convent in Navan, wrote the republican ballad Who fears to speak of Easter week?.
This led to the police watching their house, but her husband's job as a travelling salesman provided ample cover for their activities.
[1][4] Her husband had been tasked by Tom Clarke in rebuilding the IRB after the Rising, with the temporary supreme council meeting at their home at 32 Connaught Street, Phibsborough.
In May 1918, her husband was arrested as part of the "German plot" which led to his imprisonment and resulted in him not standing as a candidate in the 1918 parliamentary elections.
After an attempt on her husband's life, he left for Philadelphia in December 1919 to help with republican diplomatic efforts in the United States.
In Philadelphia, O'Doherty wrote and edited articles for the Irish-American newspaper, the Irish Press and established an American branch of Cumann na mBan.
She also took part in anti-British protests, and organised the collection of medicines, clothing and food for distressed families in Ireland.
[1][2] After the treaty in 1921, O'Doherty was firmly anti-treaty, as she was personally loyal to Éamon de Valera, whom she knew through his wife Sinéad.
O'Doherty died on 23 March 1969 in a home in Blackrock, County Dublin, and was buried with her husband in Glasnevin Cemetery.