There have been many great men involved in politics such as John Kennedy, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. In an age of media savvy, blow dried pretty boys there was a man who was a cigar smoking, card playing backroom kind of guy. This man was genuinely one of the people. Tip O'Neill was an unabashed liberal, he was a back-of-the-envelope man who trusted his instincs and didn't need polls to tell him what to do (Merry 1). He made a significant impact in the field of politics. Tip O'Neill grew up never knowing his mother. When he was nine months old his mother died of tuberculosis. Years later, one of the nuns at the local church he attended told him how, when he was an infant, she had taken care of Tip when his family attended his mothers funeral. All through his childhood, the nuns, knowing he didn't have a mother, kept watch over him (Novac 10). Tip ended up growing up close to his remaining family which included his father, Thomas O'Neill and older siblings Bill and Mary O'Neill. Tip's father raised his children well and disciplined (Novac 9). After Tip's mothers death, his father hired a French-Canadian from Nova Scotia named Rose LeBlanc. Rose did everything for Tips family and became a second mother to him. She stayed with them for six years. At the age of eight, Tip's father married a lady named Mary Cain. It wasn't a happy union, and Bill and Mary, who were teenagers, never really got along with her (Novac 11). When Tip O'Neill was seven years old he was sent to Gaelic School, which met on Sunday afternoons. He learned a few Gaelic phrases and a couple of songs but his Irish education didn't last long. His teacher died of a hunger strike and his teacher's sister-in-law wouldn't allow Tip back into the school (Novac 8). By the time Tip was eight people started calling him "Tip". That nickname came from a popular baseball player of his fathers generation. Edward O'Neill ( no relation ) was a master at drawing walks and he would foul off pitch after pitch. Because of his many foul tips, he became known as "Tip" O'Neill (Novac 11). By the time Tip was old enough to get a job, Boston had a rule in hiring businesses called NINA which standed for No Irish Need Apply.
1934: His mother died in the Salinas home. John had stayed in the home to take care of
Buds mother never did directly tell Bud who his father was, but she did give him a lot of hints. She would always look at this blue flyer. Across the top of this flyer were the words "LIMITED ENGAGEMENT", then written below this in smaller letters it said, "Direct from an S.R.O. engagement in New York City". Under that in big letters again it said, "HERMAN E. CALLOWAY and the Dusky Devastators of the depression!!!!!!" Next it said, "Masters of the New Jazz". Then in the middle of the paper was a blurry picture of a man standing next to a giant fiddle. This man was thought to be Buds father, Herman E. Calloway.
years old his mother died from tuberculosis. Colt had three sisters of whom one died during
by his mother. While in college, Ted found the love of his life. They later broke up and
O'Connor, Thomas H. The Boston Irish: A Political History. Boston, MA. Northeastern University Press, 1995.
was very busy. He did his schoolwork, he studied, he helped with the store, he
one of those on the farm. He was not much of a talker, but with a reputation
everything he owned. He took refuge in criminal activity, and was sent to prison. His
His mother on the other hand died when he was seven years old, so she had less of an impact on his life. She was a heritress though and died from a stroke. Little is known about Tyler’s childhood. (Kelle S. Sisung and Gerd...
His parents were fed up with him and realized they had to do something to straighten him out. On June 13, 1902, his father took him to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys. This was a reformatory and an orphanage. His father signed over custody to the Brothers, who were the Missionaries that ran the school.
family servants until he died. Upon her father’s death, this early trauma is shown in her
year after he was born. My nephew would occasionally visit his father but never understood why
Later she found another husband name Warren Smith, no relation to the other Warren. They moved to Nauvoo and had three more children. She saw the Nauvoo temple be finished and received her endowments.
mother had to go out and leave him with a friend or relative. In fact,
McCann et al. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, 1994, 95-109).