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This is a black and white group photo of the Lord Mayor Patrick McGrath with the Italian actor Sylva Koscina, the French film producer Georges de la Grandière and Chris Curran. The group is dressed formally and Georges de la Grandière has one arm…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Judy Geeson standing with Lord Mayor Thomas Pearse Leahy and festival director Dermot Breen. Blond-haired Geeson, wearing a white lace evening dress and holding a white bag, is smiling directly at…

This is a black and white photo of the festival committee delegation arriving at the Savoy in 1974, during the mayoralty of Pearse Wyse. The photo is taken from the top of the steps in the marble foyer of the Savoy and looks down at the crowd milling…

This is a black and white photo of festival guests, taken on the grounds of Ashbourne House in Glounthaune, Cork. The festival director Dermot Breen is holding court while Lord Mayor Pearse Wyse and Tom Nicholas look on. Born in Cork, Pearse Wyse…

This is a black and white photo from 1974 during the mayoralty of Pearse Wyse. It shows the Lord Mayor seated with festival committee colleagues as they listen to a speaker at the microphone. The photo identifies the small group as Brother Jerome,…

This is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor Seán French, wearing his chain of office, presenting the St Finbarr statuette to an unidentified delegate. The photo is undated but we can put it at 1976 or 1977 during the mayoralty of French. While…

These black and white photos show Lord Mayor Seán French showing the ceremonial mace to the English actors Lynda Bellingham and Linda Hayden. The Lord Mayor, wearing the sterling silver and gold chain of office, is looking down at the mace smiling as…

This is a black and white group photo of the Lord Mayor Seán French and his wife, Patricia French, sitting with delegates and guests from the Department of Italian at University College Cork (UCC). From the carpet and room décor, we guess that they…

This is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor of Cork Seán O'Leary at a dinner reception for the composer Bernard Geary and the tenor Kevin Owens. The Lord Mayor, wearing the chain of office, is standing at the round dinner table making a speech…

This black and white photo shows Lord Mayor, Timothy O’Sullivan with his wife. O’Sullivan was Lord Mayor of Cork during 1971-1972 which helps us date this photo. They are accompanied by a smiling Westropp Irvine, a representative from Player &…