Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Second has died at the age of 96.
She sat on the throne for 70 years having succeeded her father King George the Sixth in 1952 aged just 25.
Queen Elizabeth was the longest serving British Monarch and has passed away peacefully at Balmoral.
Her reign spanned 15 British Prime Ministers and seven Popes.
She visited Ireland in May 2011, the first time a ruling monarch had set foot in the Republic.
Speaking to RedFM News, Former Lord Mayor of Cork City and Councillor Michael O'Connell, says he remembers showing the Queen around The English Market on her visit to Cork in 2011:
