From the official website of The British Monarchy:
"THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN
The Queen has been pleased to accept an invitation from the President of Ireland to pay a State Visit to Ireland this year. The Queen will be accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh."
This will be the first state visit since King George V, the Queen's grandfather, went to Ireland in 1911.
Click here for archival footage of the 1911 visit. And click here to view footage of Queen Victoria's visit to Ireland in 1910, just 9 months before her death. Many thanks to British Pathe films.
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