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This is a black and white photo of the actor Cyril Cusack with the television presenter Eamon Andrews and the film festival director Dermot Breen. A bearded Cyril Cusack stands on the left, arms folded, in mid-conversation while both Eamon Andrews,…

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 black and white photo shows festival director Dermot Breen with the Irish Ambassador to London, Con Howard, and the film critic Father Burke. Father Burke was a friend of the festival since its inception and he appears in the archive in a photo…

This is a black and white photo of the film critic Francis Koval with the festival director Dermot Breen and a colleague identified as Dimitri Kazma. Koval, on the left with glass in hand, is smiling directly at the camera while Breen is turned…

This is a black and white photo of the Russian film composer Dimitri Tiomkin with his wife, Olivia Tiomkin, and two others including festival director Dermot Breen. They are attending a press reception at the Café Royal in London, for the Soviet…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen with an unidentified colleague. They are turned towards each other in conversation, while the light of the camera catches the warm smile of the woman. The photo is marked ‘London,…

This is a black and white photo of the film producer Greg Smith standing with Tom Nicholas, festival director Dermot Breen, and the actor Lynda Bellingham. Breen and Bellingham are facing the camera smiling, while Nicholas and Smith are in…

This is a black and white photo of festival committee member Dick Beamish in conversation with an unidentified colleague. She is dressed in a light-coloured jacket accessorised with a black handbag and sunglasses holding back her blond hair. She is…

This is a black and white photo taken at Dublin Airport of the festival director Dermot Breen with two colleagues, one of whom is identified as Riain Timon. Timon, on the far left, is looking towards Breen smiling. The unidentified lady, wearing a…

This is a black and white photo of the Savoy Cinema on Patrick Street in Cork, advertising the 1956 festival. Flags adorn the building in a night-time scene and crowds are gathered outside. Posters include signs for World Premiere - tonight at 8pm;…