O'Neill was the third of three children born to Thomas Phillip O'Neill Sr. and Rose Ann (née Tolan) O'Neill in the Irish middle-class area of North Cambridge, Massachusetts, known at the time as "Old Dublin." His mother died when he was nine months old, and he was raised largely by a French-Canadian housekeeper until his father remarried when he was eight. O'Neill Sr. started out as a bricklayer, but later won a seat on the Cambridge City Council and was appointed Superintendent of Sewers. During his childhood, O'Neill received the nickname "Tip" after the Canadian baseball player James "Tip" O'Neill. He was educated in Roman Catholic schools, graduating in 1931 from the now defunct St. John High School in Cambridge, where he was captain of the basketball team; he was a lifelong parishioner at the school's affiliated parish church St. John the Evangelist Church. From there he went to Boston College, from which he graduated in 1936. He lived on Orchard Street in Cambridge and had a vacation home near Banks Street Beach in Harwich, MA.
President Reagan's Unlikely Friendship with Speaker Tip O' Neill
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Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.
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Speaker of the House - Tip O'Neill - 1/3/1985
Full opening speech will air on Saturday, January 3.
published: 29 Dec 2014
January 3, 1985 Tip O'Neill Elected Speaker
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Preview: Remembering Tip O'Neill
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Celebrating the Life of Tip O'Neill
On the centennial of the birth of former House Speaker Tip O'Neill, journalists Mike Barnicle, Al Hunt, Cokie Roberts and Steve Roberts, and host of Hardball Chris Matthews will share their memories of the Speaker with former ABC World News host Charlie Gibson.
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DC:TIP O'NEILL HONORED- 'HE CARRIED THE TORCH'
House approves measure to name government building for Speaker Tip O'Neill. To License This Clip, Click Here: http://collection.cnn.com/content/clip/3708502_001.do
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President Reagan’s Remarks at a Dinner for Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill on March 17, 1986
Full Title: President Reagan’s and Speaker of the House of Representative Thomas "Tip" O’Neill and Prime Minister of Ireland Garret Fitzgerald give Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Thomas "Tip" O’Neill at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC on March 17, 1986
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History in Five: Chris Matthews on Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill
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published: 09 Oct 2013
FILE: FORMER SPEAKER TIP O'NEILL IN CONGRESS
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In this edition of Reagan and Friends, we take a look at how Tip O'Neill, the former Speaker of the House and a staunch Democrat, became a friend of our 40th pr...
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On the centennial of the birth of former House Speaker Tip O'Neill, journalists Mike Barnicle, Al Hunt, Cokie Roberts and Steve Roberts, and host of Hardball Ch...
On the centennial of the birth of former House Speaker Tip O'Neill, journalists Mike Barnicle, Al Hunt, Cokie Roberts and Steve Roberts, and host of Hardball Chris Matthews will share their memories of the Speaker with former ABC World News host Charlie Gibson.
Copyright: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
On the centennial of the birth of former House Speaker Tip O'Neill, journalists Mike Barnicle, Al Hunt, Cokie Roberts and Steve Roberts, and host of Hardball Chris Matthews will share their memories of the Speaker with former ABC World News host Charlie Gibson.
Copyright: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
House approves measure to name government building for Speaker Tip O'Neill. To License This Clip, Click Here: http://collection.cnn.com/content/clip/3708502_001...
House approves measure to name government building for Speaker Tip O'Neill. To License This Clip, Click Here: http://collection.cnn.com/content/clip/3708502_001.do
House approves measure to name government building for Speaker Tip O'Neill. To License This Clip, Click Here: http://collection.cnn.com/content/clip/3708502_001.do
Full Title: President Reagan’s and Speaker of the House of Representative Thomas "Tip" O’Neill and Prime Minister of Ireland Garret Fitzgerald give Remarks at a...
Full Title: President Reagan’s and Speaker of the House of Representative Thomas "Tip" O’Neill and Prime Minister of Ireland Garret Fitzgerald give Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Thomas "Tip" O’Neill at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC on March 17, 1986
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
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Production Date: 3/17/1986
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Full Title: President Reagan’s and Speaker of the House of Representative Thomas "Tip" O’Neill and Prime Minister of Ireland Garret Fitzgerald give Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Thomas "Tip" O’Neill at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC on March 17, 1986
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
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Production Date: 3/17/1986
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Learn more about TIP AND THE GIPPER at http://books.simonandschuster.com/Tip-and-the-Gipper/Chris-Matthews/9781451695991?mcd=vd_youtube_book Chris Matthews from...
Learn more about TIP AND THE GIPPER at http://books.simonandschuster.com/Tip-and-the-Gipper/Chris-Matthews/9781451695991?mcd=vd_youtube_book Chris Matthews from HardBall and author of Tip and the Gipper, presents five things that you should know about the relationship between Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill.
Learn more about TIP AND THE GIPPER at http://books.simonandschuster.com/Tip-and-the-Gipper/Chris-Matthews/9781451695991?mcd=vd_youtube_book Chris Matthews from HardBall and author of Tip and the Gipper, presents five things that you should know about the relationship between Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill.
In this edition of Reagan and Friends, we take a look at how Tip O'Neill, the former Speaker of the House and a staunch Democrat, became a friend of our 40th president.
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On the centennial of the birth of former House Speaker Tip O'Neill, journalists Mike Barnicle, Al Hunt, Cokie Roberts and Steve Roberts, and host of Hardball Chris Matthews will share their memories of the Speaker with former ABC World News host Charlie Gibson.
Copyright: John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
House approves measure to name government building for Speaker Tip O'Neill. To License This Clip, Click Here: http://collection.cnn.com/content/clip/3708502_001.do
Full Title: President Reagan’s and Speaker of the House of Representative Thomas "Tip" O’Neill and Prime Minister of Ireland Garret Fitzgerald give Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Thomas "Tip" O’Neill at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC on March 17, 1986
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Transcript: https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/research/speeches/31786f
Production Date: 3/17/1986
Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted
Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted
Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
Phone: 800-410-8354, Fax: 805-577-4074, Email: [email protected]
National Archives Identifier:55317889
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55317889
Learn more about TIP AND THE GIPPER at http://books.simonandschuster.com/Tip-and-the-Gipper/Chris-Matthews/9781451695991?mcd=vd_youtube_book Chris Matthews from HardBall and author of Tip and the Gipper, presents five things that you should know about the relationship between Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill.
O'Neill was the third of three children born to Thomas Phillip O'Neill Sr. and Rose Ann (née Tolan) O'Neill in the Irish middle-class area of North Cambridge, Massachusetts, known at the time as "Old Dublin." His mother died when he was nine months old, and he was raised largely by a French-Canadian housekeeper until his father remarried when he was eight. O'Neill Sr. started out as a bricklayer, but later won a seat on the Cambridge City Council and was appointed Superintendent of Sewers. During his childhood, O'Neill received the nickname "Tip" after the Canadian baseball player James "Tip" O'Neill. He was educated in Roman Catholic schools, graduating in 1931 from the now defunct St. John High School in Cambridge, where he was captain of the basketball team; he was a lifelong parishioner at the school's affiliated parish church St. John the Evangelist Church. From there he went to Boston College, from which he graduated in 1936. He lived on Orchard Street in Cambridge and had a vacation home near Banks Street Beach in Harwich, MA.