Video: Cork fishmonger reunited with monarch at Irish reception

Cork’s best-known fishmonger, Pat O’Connell, was thinking of his mother as he once again shared a few words with the Queen of England — but this time he was at her pad, namely Buckingham Palace.

Video: Cork fishmonger reunited with monarch at Irish reception

The cheeky Corkman was one of some 350 Irish people invited to a reception hosted by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to recognise the contribution of the Irish to Britain.

Pat said his mother, who set up the family stand at the English Market in Cork City, would have been proud to see her son meet a monarch.

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