The Queen will be accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh on the trip The Queen's state visit this week will mark the "start of a new era", Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has said.
He said security would be high but she would receive a warm welcome and there would be opportunities for members of the Irish public to meet her.The Queen is set to make a speech at a state dinner at Dublin Castle.
It is the first state visit to the Irish Republic by a British monarch since independence but comes against a rise in dissident republican violence.
King George V was the last reigning monarch to visit the country in 1911 when it was then part of the UK.
Mr Kenny told the BBC: "The Queen of England is going to receive a very warm welcome from the vast majority of Irish people.
"The visit of Queen Elizabeth is the start of a new era between both countries and it is one based on respect and friendship and mutual recognition of two countries having normalised relations."
'Sensitive sites' Mr Kenny, who became Taoiseach in March at the head of a coalition government, said: "The sites chosen by the Queen for her visit are sensitive and appropriate and send out a great message of healing of the past and getting together to face the challenges of the future."
The Queen was invited to Ireland by the Republic's President, Mary McAleese, who will formally welcome the monarch at her home in Dublin's Phoenix Park.
The Queen will attend events at Trinity College Dublin, the National War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge and at Croke Park stadium.
Croke Park is the home of Gaelic football where, in 1920 during the Irish War of Independence, British forces fired into the crowd at a match, killing 14 spectators and players.
There are also plans for the Queen and Prince Philip to visit the Irish National Stud in Kildare, as well as the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary, and a technology park in Cork.
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