Cork

A spectator reaches out to greet Britain's Queen Elizabeth II after she visited the English Market in Cork, Ireland, Friday May 20, 201, on the fourth and final day of her first-ever state visit to Ireland. The ambitious trip has been hailed by many as consolidating a new era of cooperation between England and Ireland, (AP Photo/pool)

Queen concludes landmark visit to Ireland

CORK, Ireland -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II concluded her historic visit to Ireland -- the first by a British monarch to the Republic -- with a visit to the southern city of Cork Friday.

Thousands lined the streets of Cork to greet the queen, whose visit has been almost universally praised for its gestures of reconciliation.

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