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This is a black and white photo of President Seán T.O'Kelly in 1956 standing with the theatre and cinema impresario Louis Elliman, and others identified at the back of the photo as Father J.A.V.Bourke and Major Halliman. President Kelly is standing…

This is a black and white photo of the Fianna Fáil politician Jack Lynch (1917-1999) on the right presenting a St Finbarr statuette to Vasgen Badal in his capacity as leader of the German delegation. The Press Comments section of the 1959 Festival of…

This is a black and white photo of the art deco façade of the Cork Savoy cinema on Patrick Street, advertising the 1959 festival. Flags of the participating countries adorn the building in a daytime street scene. A group of boys on the left of the…

This is a black and white group photo from 1956 consisting of nine men and three women all dressed formally in evening wear. The three women are the English actors Josephine Griffin, June Thorburn, and Maureen Swanson and all are dressed in…

This is a black and white photograph of Éamon de Valera raising the Tóstal flag. While the photograph is not dated we might guess it was taken during the early tenure of his presidency in the fifties, during which time Patrick McGrath served as Lord…

This is a black and white photo, dated 1965, of the English actor James Mason sitting at a table with others, three of whom are identified at the back of the photo as festival director Dermot Breen, Donal Crosbie, and the manager of the Oyster…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen standing in front of a microphone with the Irish stage, television, and screen actor Noel Purcell. Purcell, with his trademark beard, and hands clasped before him, is looking at…

This is one of a few colour photos in the archive. It shows the English actor Mollie Peters, sitting with the festival director Dermot Breen. They are seated side-by-side at a dinner table and Peters, wearing an emerald green dress, is shown in…

This is a black and white photograph of the festival director Dermot Breen with an unidentified guest standing in front of a handwritten sign which asks patrons to be careful. Breen, shown in profile, right arm raised in gesticulation, is in animated…

This is an undated black and white photo of the congregation at the festival's annual mass. The pews are full and at the back of the Church, by the stained glass doors, we can just about make out the crowds standing by the open doors of the Church.…