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This is a black and white undated photo of the festival director Dermot Breen reading from the pulpit of St. Francis Church on Liberty Street in Cork. To his right a large group of young children listen attentively. All dressed similarly they might…

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 the singer Helen Shapiro in conversation with the actor Ferdy Mayne and festival director Dermot Breen. They are probably at the Harp Lager-sponsored festival club and, as with the convivial crowd around them, they…

This is a black and white photo of the English-born actor Carol Cleveland with two unidentified colleagues at a presentation. Wearing a long patterned dress accessorised with an elaborate necklace, Cleveland is turned towards the compere smiling.…

This is a black and white photo of a festival discussion panel chaired by the Irish television presenter Bunny Carr. The three panellists, sitting at a table in front of long-armed microphones, include the English writer James Mitchell, the Irish…

This is a black and white photo of Dan Donovan and the English actor Maxine Audley. Donovan, holding a festival brochure dated 1972, is smiling broadly as he reaches out to shake Audley’s hand. Donovan (1926-2008) was a founding member of Cork’s…

This is a black and white photo of the Irish actor David Kelly with his wife the actor Laurie Morton, Father Burke, and Tom Hickey. The convivial group are shown in a huddle speaking, with Kelly, cigarette in hand, looking over to Morton as she…

This is a black and white photo of the German-born actor Ferdy Mayne on stage with the Irish actor Michael Twomey. Mayne on the left of this photo, with his distinctive dark eye brows, is speaking into the microphone while Twomey looks on, papers…

This is a black and white photograph of the actor Noel Purcell in conversation with the Irish tenor Josef Locke and probably his wife Carmel Dignam. Purcell and Locke, in formal suits, accessorised with a festival ribbon, are huddled together in…

This is a black and white photo of the actors Francesca Annis and Jon Finch with a guest identified as Ivan Ruttle. They are probably sitting under the Harp Lager-sponsored umbrella of the festival club and are chatting, drinking, and smoking as are…