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This is a black and white photo of the French film director François Truffaut with Lord Mayor Pat Kerrigan, American actor Carroll Baker and festival director Dermot Breen. All four are standing in front of a cinema ticket office advertising the…

This is a black and white photo of the French film director François Truffaut signing the visitors' book, probably at the Cork City Hall. The Lord Mayor, Pat Kerrigan, is seated by him looking up towards the camera while Truffaut signs the book. The…

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 is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor Seán O’Leary, scissors in hand, and unidentified festival guests at the opening of the Harp Lager-sponsored festival club. The Fine Gael politician Seán O'Leary (1941-2006) was an Irish accountant,…

This is a black and white photo of festival delegates dated 1970. The photo identifies Gunther Polzelmeir from the Irish Tourist Board in Germany with his wife, festival director Dermot Breen, EF O’Mahony, German actor Kai Fischer, Lord Mayor Peter…

This is a black and white group photo of the festival team at a press briefing for the international press. Nameplates and small flags representing various countries decorate the table around which attendees are seated. There are no identifying marks…

This is a black and white photo of Peter Barry making a presentation to Gerry Jones. Both men are in dress suits accessorised with bow-ties. Jones on the left, with his trademark eye-patch, is shown in profile shaking the hand of Peter Barry. Jones…

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 Lord Mayor Seán Casey walking with Jack Lynch who would have been Taoiseach at the time of this photo in 1966. They walk down a narrow corridor closely flanked either side by young sea cadets in full uniform.…

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…