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This is a sepia-toned black and white photo of President Seán T O’Kelly being escorted into the Savoy Cinema by the Irish impresario Louis Elliman. This was taken in 1956 during the first edition of the Cork International Film Festival and would have…

This is a black and white photo of a festival award marked Cork Film Festival 1979 European Community Award. The award is placed on a small circular table in a dining room where we can just make out some people milling around in the background. One…

This is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor of Cork Seán O'Leary reading from the pulpit of St. Francis Church on Liberty Street in Cork. Seán O'Leary (1941-2006) was an Irish accountant, barrister, judge and Fine Gael politician who served as…

This is a black and white photo of the closing night of the festival in 1967 and shows guests and dignitaries seated across the expanse of the City Hall stage. A small white table at the front of the stage displays four St Finbarr statuettes,…

This is a black and white photo of the French film actor Barbara Laage standing with a group of men, some identified at the back of the photo as Gus Healy, Jan Neary (Unifrance), and Colonel Hallnan. Laage, holding a bouquet of flowers in her arms,…

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 the German film actor Eva-Ingeborg Scholz with the Lord Mayor Seán McCarthy (1889-1974) and others identified at the back of the photo as Vida Breen, the Lord Mayor Seán McCarthy, Norma Crosbie, the Lord…

This is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor, Patrick McGrath, kissing the Blarney Stone with the help of the English actor Tony Wright and the Irish actor Noel Purcell. Wearing a dark suit the Lord Mayor is shown leaning back to kiss the 'Stone…

This is a black and white photo of the English film actor Anna Neagle (otherwise known as Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox) (1904-1986) in conversation with the Lord Mayor of Cork, Patrick McGrath. Dressed in a dark suit which is accessorised with a fur…

This is a black and white group photo of the Lord Mayor, Patrick McGrath, standing with Dermot Breen, Cosgrave, and Rank Stars listed on the back of the photo as Josephine Griffin, Peter Finch and Maureen Swanson. The group is dressed formally with…