[3] The War of Independence began in January 1919 at Soloheadbeg, County Tipperary with an incident that involved O’Keeffe's cousin Seán Treacy, aided by women from Cumann na mBan.

A wagon loaded with gelignite from a local quarry was attacked and two RIC men were killed, marking the outbreak of the war.

O’Keeffe's brothers Dan and Con were in the IRA and her sister Brigid was Captain of the Clonoulty branch of Cumann na mBan.

The O’Keeffe family home in Glenough was used as a safe house and leaders of the Third Tipperary Brigade held a ‘council of war’ there.

[3] When O’Keeffe and Skinnider arrived back to Ireland in March 1919, they became involved in the war as members of Cumann na mBan.

[9] O’Keeffe was arrested by Free State forces in February 1923, imprisoned in Cork Jail and later transferred to Kilmainham Gaol.

Constance Markievicz drew a satirical cartoon which depicted the Free State's "glorious victory" in capturing the bicycles of Nora and her sister.

[11] The Civil War ended in April 1923 but O’Keeffe and some other Cumann na mBan prisoners weren't released until 29 September.

[13] Their anti-Treaty stance in the War meant that O’Keeffe and Skinnider found it difficult to find work under the Irish Free State government and they occasionally had to rely on support from former comrades and friends such as Hanna Sheehy Skeffington.

[16] They were one of several same-sex revolutionary female couples, including Kathleen Lynn and Madeleine ffrench Mullen, and Elizabeth O’Farrell and Julia Grenan.

Her obituary mentioned her involvement with Cumann na mBan and the Third Tipperary Brigade but omitted Skinnider, her partner of more than 40 years.