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Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 02:26 PM


Bill O'Reilly & Maureen Dowd party at Irish awards


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What happens when the two biggest Irish names in the media business collide at a Saint Patrick's Party?

That is what occurred when Maureen Dowd and Bill O'Reilly met at the IrishCentral/Irish Voice Top Thirty media awards last night in Manhattan.

Maureen was there to accept the Irish Spirit award from Irish America magazine, Bill to be named to the top Media list. They arrived within moments of each other and were soon deep in conversation as the cameras snapped.

What were they talking about?

Well, I can reveal that exclusively, as I was the third person there, handing out the awards.

"Hope I see this picture on the Times website " O'Reilly joked.

"I'm sure you will' Maureen joked back.

Dowd and O'Reilly discussed their common Irish heritage.

She confessed to liking O'Reilly, saying he reminds her of her brothers, Irish kids from the suburbs who did well for themselves.

O'Reilly also thinks Maureen is okay, despite joking about her left-wing views.

In her remarks, Maureen talked about her pride in her heritage and said:

"My parents' blood ran green, and our family listened to Notre Dame football game with a rosary over the knob on the radio."

She was deeply moved when City Of New York genealogist Brian Anderson presented her and her sister Peggy with a bound copy of the arrival records of their grandfather through Ellis Island.



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Posted by torbreezy on Mar 18, 2010, 12:57 PM EDT
But for your presence and Genealogist Brian Andersson, this is NOT a story!
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Posted by manhattan on Mar 17, 2010, 02:32 PM EDT
Bill O'Reilly is honest and fair unlike the left morons on this website.
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Posted by kevingfaley on Mar 17, 2010, 01:42 PM EDT
As they say in Ireland, the only reason he has a head is to keep his ears apart.
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Posted by chesapeake on Mar 17, 2010, 12:01 PM EDT
I try not to introduce my conservative views into polite discussion; but I'll make an exception here. Ms. Dowd is not only narrow-minded in her liberal attitude, but she is also not a very good editorialist. He really IS tall, isn't he?
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Posted by Fran Connor on Mar 17, 2010, 09:43 AM EDT
Why are so many of the "lefties" comments so hateful? Bill seems to be a very decent and moral guy. He doesn't buy the left wing BS, so they hate him.
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Posted by Madeleine on Mar 17, 2010, 08:09 AM EDT
Wishing you all a Happy St.Patricks day my Irish friends.
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Posted by Irishlassred on Mar 16, 2010, 09:41 PM EDT
He may be tall - but the oxygen doesn't go all the way up to his head. He makes being Irish embarrassing. It's not that I'm so opposed to his narrow minded views, it's the arrogance with which he promotes them. God had one son, and it wasn't Bill.
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Posted by vincentruane on Mar 16, 2010, 08:12 PM EDT
Hopefully on St Patrick's Day as we remember our famines dead, which was aided by a dishonorable media core, we will also remember all the Irish and Americans killed in the abortion holocaust due to the deceiving phrase Pro-Choice which for millions of weak and defenseless babies has also meant Pro-Death! It is time for the media to end this word dishonor!
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Posted by Kelly Fincham on Mar 16, 2010, 08:00 PM EDT
I had no idea Bill O'Reilly was that tall...seriously...
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Posted by PrestonRoberts on Mar 16, 2010, 07:46 PM EDT
He's not good enough to touch her feet!
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Posted by irishwriter on Mar 16, 2010, 05:40 PM EDT
Thanks for inviting part timers to the party, dude! Happy St. Pat's....hope to see you around town this week, Niall! :)
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Posted by MalcomAC on Mar 16, 2010, 04:36 PM EDT
While Dowd is certainly to the left of O'Reilly, I'm not sure where she gets the reputation as someone from 'the Left'. No one, NO ONE, did more to skewer the Clintons or Al Gore. She's got many conservative views and interests. Being pro-choice isn't enough to make someone 'left'. It's the unpredictability that makes her intriguing to read. She doesn't fall into the normal left/right patterns.
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Posted by IRSHJERRY on Mar 16, 2010, 04:21 PM EDT
Bill O'Reilly wow I thought you guys had better taste then that. Wow
 




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