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This is a black and white photo of a press conference taken during the late 1970s. The press corps is seated in front of the main desk where the film festival director, Dermot Breen, sits at the microphone taking questions from them. An audience is…

This is a black and white photo of the English film and television composer and conductor Philip Green. In this picture Green is conducting his composition St Patrick’s Mass, which was televised live from the Franciscan Church in Cork for the opening…

This is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor Seán O’Leary, scissors in hand, and unidentified festival guests at the opening of the Harp Lager-sponsored festival club. The Fine Gael politician Seán O'Leary (1941-2006) was an Irish accountant,…

This is a black and white image of unidentified festival guests standing in a convivial group - one of whom is holding an unidentified trophy. We recognise the film critic John Stapleton on the far right in glasses, and Bill Harpur, from RTÉ, on the…

This is a black and white photo of the artist and journalist Frank Sanquest interviewing an unidentified festival colleague. Sanquest is turned to his guest, who is smiling and gesticulating, as he speaks to him. Sanquest was a Cork-born artist,…

This is a black and white photo of two besuited guests seated and chatting to each other at the festival club. The unidentified men, seated at a table scattered with Harp Lager-sponsored coasters accompanied by pints of lager, are turned towards each…

This is a black and white photo, marked ‘1960s’, of two unidentified festival guests seated at a table laden with papers. The grey-haired man, in a casual light-coloured jacket, faces forward smiling, while his companion, in a natty trilby-style hat,…

This is a black and white photo of three guests turned towards each other, drink in hand, as they chat. The photo identifies the Guinness rep Keith Hunt and provisionally Dick Murphy from the festival committee. Hunt and Murphy are turned towards the…

This is a black and white photo of the English film producer Greg Smith in conversation with the Irish producer Noel Pearson and Ciara Scott. Given the background décor of Harp Lager-sponsored umbrellas, we might guess that this picture was taken at…

This is a black and white photo of festival guests at the Harp-sponsored festival club. The photo identifies the producer Greg Smith, William (Bill) Harpur, former film censor Sheamus Smith, Sheila Hampson, and Hillary O’Herlihy, the wife of Bill…