Helen is the daughter of Sean and Maisie Murray Bosquette of Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland.  She was born and raised in Strokestown and entered the Sisters of Charity order of Catholic nuns about 1980 and continues to serve in England as of 2019.

Helen is the granddaughter of Margaret Tinneny of Goladuff, Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland and her husband John Murray of Strokestown and the great-granddaughter James Tinneny and Mary Ann McEntyre Tinneny of Goladuff.