Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịbụ onye si n'agbụrụ ndị nne na nna ochie nke ndị mba Ireland n'akụkụ abụọ, Neal abụrụla onye nkwado maka nchegbu ndị Irish n'oge ọrụ ya na Congress, na-agba mbọ ka United States tinye aka na usoro udo Northern Ireland. Ọ bụ onye isi oche nke Kọmitii "ad hoc" na Irish Affairs, abụwo onye isi oche nke ndị enyi nke Ireland kemgbe 2007, a tụlekwara ya dị ka onye ga-abụ onye nnọchi anya United States na Ireland na 1998. Mgbe agha nke ndị Irish Republican Army (IRA) na Septemba 2005, Neal so n'otu ndị otu ndị omebe iwu zutere Sinn Féin MP Martin McGuinness iji kelee ya maka agha ahụ na iji hụ na udo na-adịgide adịgide erutela. Neal kpọrọ onyeisi Sinn Féin bụ Gerry Adams ka ọ bịa
emume nhọpụta nke Barack Obama na Jenụwarị 2009. Akpọrọ Neal dị ka otu n'ime ndị isi 100 Irish-Amerịka site na magazin "Irish America" wee nata International Leadership Award site na The American Ireland Fund na 2002.