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This is a black and white undated photo of the Australian actor Nick Tate on the stage with the Cork theatre actor Elaine Stephens. They are both laughing as Stevens looks down at her notes. Born in 1942, Tate is best known for his role as a pilot in…

This is a black and white photo of an award ceremony at the Cork City Hall and shows the all-male guests and dignitaries seated across the expanse of the stage. Small tables at the front of the stage display four glass whiskey decanters and the…

This is a black and white photo of an unidentified delegate standing at a microphone, his head lowered reading from a script. He is dark-haired with wire-framed glasses and wearing a long-line black belted jacket (which might help us date this image…

This is a black and white photo of a young Jack Lynch at an award presentation with an unidentified colleague. A St Finbarr statuette, inside a wooden box, is being exchanged and, on the table behind Lynch, we can make out a stack of boxed festival…

This is a black and white photo of the French film actor Barbara Laage (1920-1988) accepting a drink from a man identified as John Neary at the back of the photo. Laage is seated and smiling up at Neary as she takes her glass from him. She is wearing…

This is a black and white photo of the popular French actor Barbara Laage (1920-1988) aboard a small boat which the photo notes is moored on the River Lee in Cork. Laage stands on the deck of the boat, leaning over the bow with her hands on the…

This is a black and white photo of the popular French film actor Barbara Laage (1920-1988) in a rural scene, riding on a cart being pulled by a white donkey. Laage, with her short wavy blond hair tied back in a light-coloured headscarf, is wearing a…

This is a black and white photo of the French film actor Barbara Laage with two dogs. She is crouched down and air-kissing the short-haired dogs which appear to be pointing dogs (or gundogs). Laage, her eyes shut and her short, wavy blond hair…

This is a black and white photo of a dinner, or lunch, party attended by Barbara Vance who is the only guest identified at the back of the photo. The thirteen guests, all of whom are smiling for the camera, sit on either side of a long table with the…

This is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor Pat Kerrigan making a presentation to the composer Bernard Geary in the company of festival Chairman Donal Lehane, festival director Dermot Breen, and the tenor Kevin Owens. The Lord Mayor, wearing…