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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 American actor Hurd Hatfield standing with two festival guests from Ballinlough in Cork. Hatfield, in a dress suit, is smiling as he looks to his right at his young companion. On his left a lady, in a white…

This is a black and white photo, taken during the 1980s, of the sculptor Patrick O’Sullivan in conversation with festival director Robin O’Sullivan. Patrick O’Sullivan is sitting on Robin O’Sullivan’s desk who is looking up at him as they talk. A…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director, Dermot Breen, in conversation with the artist and journalist Frank Sanquest.Breen, with a cigarette in hand, was a colleague of Sanquest for many years – they would have come across each other…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen with the artist and journalist Frank Sanquest and the politician, and former Lord Mayor of Cork, Gus Healy. Gus Healy, seated on the far left, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician…

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-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 five Jury members in a photo marked 1970s. The photo only identifies the archivist Liam O’Leary sitting second left, wearing a patterned dickie bow. Liam O’Leary (1910-1992), from Youghal, County Cork, was a film…

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 German actor Hannelore Elsner, wearing a heart-patterned dress, looking up at the camera smiling. Elsner’s long-standing career ended only with her death in 2019, age 77. In the early 1970s Elsner appeared in…