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These black and white photos include Mick Hannigan who was the director of the Cork festival from 1986 and its CEO from 2009 to 2013. The photos are undated, but we might suggest they are from the late 1980s/early 1990s.We include the second photo of…

This is a black and white photo of the festival founder Dermot Breen with festival delegates at the airport. The delegates are not identified but we recognise the English actor Linda Hayden standing at the foot of the Aer Lingus stairway with Breen.…

This is a stylised black and white photo of three unidentified guests taken at the 1996 festival. They stand together laughing in front of a sign for Murphy’s 41st Cork Film Festival. Two of the guests are wearing lanyards – one of which identifies…

This is a black and white undated photo of a film screening at the historic indoor English Market in Cork. The light of the projector can be seen on the crowded balcony that is home to the Farmgate Café. Downstairs, in the market foyer, the audience…

This is a black and white photo of a school audience provisionally dated 1980. The photo shows a teenage audience, dressed in school uniform, probably waiting for a film to commence. They are seated in rows and fill the room with their animated…

This is a black and white photo of festival committee member Dick Beamish with guests. The unidentified guests stand together in a huddle and pose for the camera with a bespectacled Beamish at the centre. While the photo is undated we might guess…

This is a black and white photo of unidentified guests taken outdoors. The photo is unmarked but we guess that two of the guests are the Monty Python actor Carol Cleveland on the far left, and actor Imogen Hassall on the far right. Hassall came to…

This is a black and white photo of unidentified festival guests at the Savoy Cinema, Cork. The small group of five formally dressed delegates greet each other against the backdrop of the cinema foyer, which is decorated with a large floral…

This is a black and white photo of the Jamaican director Trevor Rhone receiving an award from the Cork politician Peter Barry. Rhone, in a white jacket, is shaking hands with the formally dressed Barry, who leans towards Rhone with a smile on his…

This is a black and white photo of the French film director François Truffaut, Lord Mayor Pat Kerrigan, Miss Movie Girl Betty Philbin, and the film festival director Dermot Breen. They are standing in a huddle having a conversation; Breen is…