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ANYONE who remembers the visit of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip to Ireland in May 2011 will recall not just the grandeur of events in Dublin Castle an Áras an Uachtaráin but also their trip to the Rock of Cashel, the National Stud in Kildare, and the Coolmore Stud in Co Tipperary.

Mostly, they will recall the warmth of welcome she received throughout her visit, most especially during her unscheduled walkabout in Cork where she chatted with locals in the city’s famous English Market.

It was the first visit by a reigning British monarch to the south of Ireland since the 1911 tour by her grandfather King George V.