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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…

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, dated 1971, of festival attendees including English film director Peter Collinson, actor Richard Johnson, festival director Dermot Breen and others unidentified. The group all smile for the camera while Collinson,…

This is a black and white photo of the American film director Richard Lester presenting a celebration bottle of Domecq’s cream sherry to the festival director Dermot Breen. Lester is pointing at his name which is printed on the label of the bottle.…

This is a black and white photo of Elaine Stephens on stage with a Disney representative. He is caught off guard by the camera and looks towards it while Stephens, in a long patterned dress, looks down at her papers. Behind them the somewhat wrinkled…

This is a black and white undated photo of Donal Lehane reading from the pulpit of St. Francis Church on Liberty Street in Cork. Flanked by priests Lehane is shown in profile looking out to an unseen congregation. The spacious interior and its city…

This is a colour publicity photo from the Irish Examiner for the 51st Cork Film Festival in 2006. It shows an outdoor drive-in movie theatre with a large outdoor screen and a parking area full of cars facing the screen. The screen shows the actor…

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 group photo of five festival guests chatting informally at a drinks reception. The photo only identifies festival friend Eddie Nolan and ‘Scottish actor – middle’. Nolan (1940-2013) was a managing director for the Ford Motor…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Imogen Hassall with Lord Mayor Seán French, his wife Patricia French, festival director Dermot Breen and Keith Hunt – a representative from Guinness. They are standing at the ribbon of the…