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This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams (1930-1985) sitting on a tractor and being shown how it works by a man with a swarthy complexion. Wearing a white blouse and dark skirt, Addams has an earnest look on her face as she…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams with the festival director Dermot Breen and his wife Vida. The three are in mid-conversation with both Vida and Dermot looking at Dawn Addams who is caught in the moment looking up to…

This is a photo of the the English actor Dawn Addams embracing the film festival director Dermot Breen. Addams is shown in profile with her arms around Breen who is smiling up above the eyeline of the camera. Both are in formal wear with Addams…

This is a black and white photo of Denis (Dinny) Gould's retirement party in June 1971. The photo notes that the party was a ‘Farewell to Captain Denis Gould’ who was festival secretary since its inception in 1956. The convivial crowd are gathered…

This is a black and white photo of festival director Dermot Breen and his wife Vida Breen with their colleague Tom Nicholas on the grounds of Ashbourne House in Glounthaune, Cork. They stand together and chat in the convivial setting of the Ashbourne…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen standing in front of a large display board with an unidentified colleague. The two men chat as Breen rests his left hand on the display for the film The Adventures of Barry…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen in Fitzgerald’s Park giving an interview to a BBC television crew in the late 1960s. The interview is taking place on one of the tree-lined avenues that dot the park amidst its…

This is a black and white photo of festival director Dermot Breen with an unidentified companion in an undated image. Breen, in a dark suit and bow tie, is looking down towards his companion who is wearing an off-the-shoulder dark dress with some…

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 black and white image shows the festival director Dermot Breen, on the far right, standing with three unidentified festival guests. All are in formal wear and the guest on the far left holds aloft a St Finbarr award while smiling for the camera.