U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama drink Guinness beer as they meet with local residents at Ollie Hayes pub in Moneygall, Ireland, the ancestral homeland of his great-great-great grandfather, Monday, May 23, 2011. (AP Photo, Pool)
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama drink Guinness beer as they meet with local residents at Ollie Hayes pub in Moneygall, Ireland, the ancestral homeland of his great-great-great grandfather, Monday, May 23, 2011. (AP Photo, Pool) The Associated Press
By Associated Press

BOSTON — At Eire Pub in Dorchester, one of Boston's most Irish neighborhoods, there is just a little bit more Irish pride.

Pub regulars grew quiet there Monday as televisions showed President Barack Obama speaking in Dublin, embracing his Irish ancestry.

It brought tear to the eyes of iron worker Peter Galvin, who heard Obama's speech while having lunch at the pub.

Several there said it made them "proud to be an American" and "proud to be Irish."

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Galvin says Obama's visit is an example of how far Irish Americans and race relations have come in the U.S.

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