If the day was clear enough, and if you went down to the bay, and you looked west, and your sight was good enough, you would see Boston, Mass.

So Ireland is a very special place.

I want to express our greatest thanks to the President of your country, your great President, to your Prime Minister, and to all the members of the government, and especially to all the people of Ireland who have taken us in.

It is in a very real sense the mother of a great many people, a great many millions of people, and in a sense a great many nations.

I don't know what it is about you that causes me to think that nearly everybody in Boston comes from Galway.

So I must say that though other days may not be so bright as we look toward the future, the brightest days will continue to be those in which we visited you here in Ireland.

I don't think that I have passed through a more impressive ceremony than the one I experienced yesterday in Dublin when I went with the Prime Minister to put a wreath on the graves of the men who died in 1916.

I said, 'What is this county noted for?' and he said, 'It is noted for its beautiful women and its fast horses.'

This is a great country, with a great people, and I know that when I am back in Washington, while I will not see you, I will see you in my mind and feel all of your good wishes, as we all will, in our hearts.

I said, 'Well, you say that about every county.' And he said, 'No, this is true about this county.'

So this has been really the high point of our trip.