Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wanda ya fito daga kakanin kakanni na Irish a bangarorin biyu, Neal ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga matsalolin Irish a duk lokacin da yake aiki a Majalisa, yana matsawa don ci gaba da Amurka a cikin shirin zaman lafiya na Arewacin Ireland. Shi ne co-shugaban kwamitin "ad hoc" kan al'amuran Irish, ya kasance shugaban Abokan Ireland tun 2007, kuma an yi la'akari da shi a matsayin dan takarar Jakadan Amurka a Ireland a 1998. Bayan kwashewa sojojin Irish Republican Army (IRA) a watan Satumbar 2005, Neal yana cikin rukunin 'yan majalisa da suka gana da dan majalisar Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness don taya shi murna kan kwashewa da tabbatar da zaman lafiya mai dorewa. Neal ya gayyaci Shugaban Sinn Féin Gerry Adams zuwa bikin rantsar da Barack Obama
a cikin Janairu 2009. An ambaci Neal a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan asalin Irish-Amurka 100 ta mujallar "Irish America" kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Shugabanci ta Duniya daga Asusun Ireland na Amurka a 2002.