O'Connell admired Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar, and one of his sons, Morgan O'Connell, was a volunteer officer in Bolívar's army in 1820, aged 15.
O,Connell beundrede den sydamerikanske befrier Simón Bolívar, og en af hans sønner Morgan O'Connell, blev frivillig i Bolívars hær i 1820 i en alder af 15.