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This is a black and white photo of unidentified guests at the festival. They are formally dressed and might be arriving at a screening. The flash of the camera lights up the detail of the light-coloured dress as the two guests linger in the foyer and…

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 black and white image shows three unidentified festival guests standing together smiling for the camera. All are in formal wear and the guest at the centre holds a St Finbarr statuette. We recognise the trellis in the background from other…

This is a black and white image of unidentified festival guests standing in a convivial group - one of whom is holding an unidentified trophy. We recognise the film critic John Stapleton on the far right in glasses, and Bill Harpur, from RTÉ, on the…

This is a black and white photo of Suzanne Macdougald taken with festival attendees, dressed in formal suits, some with a festival ribbon pinned to their jacket lapel. They are identified at the back of the photo as Dick Barry, Tim O’Sullivan,…

This is a black and white photo of Suzanne Macdougald posing with the festival founder Dermot Breen and an unidentified festival attendee. Macdougald, her hair gathered in a chignon bun, is wearing a sash marked Miss Harp Ireland across her gingham…

This is a black and white photo of three unidentified festival guests. The rear of the photo states that the photo is of two actors from Portugal ‘that no one could communicate with’ ... . The picture shows the two women smiling broadly for the…

This is a black and white photo of Jack Lynch at a dinner function seated with Vida Breen and others, one of whom is identified as Hank Nimbergen. Behind them their fellow diners, seated at tables decorated with candelabra, are busy eating at laden…

This is a black and white photo of three festival colleagues identified at the rear of the photo as Ted and Ursula O’Brien from College Road, Cork. They are standing with an unidentified companion. Ted O’Brien was on the organising committee of the…

This is a black and white photo of festival committee member Dick Beamish in a huddle with three colleagues identified as Liam Nolan, Frank O’Reilly, and festival director Dermot Breen. The small convivial group, wearing dark suits accessorised with…