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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 the Irish actor Cyril Cusack holding court with the archivist Liam O’Leary and others. The small group is at a drinks reception on the grounds of Ashbourne House in Glounthaune, Cork, during the 1970s. The photo,…

This is a black and white undated photo of Gus Healy greeting an unidentified guest in a crowded room. The formally dressed pair, hands clasped in a handshake, seem pleased to meet each other. We can make out the festival committee member Dick…

This is a black and white photo of English actors Lynda Bellingham, Linda Hayden, and their unidentified colleague, with Dick Beamish and the trade director from Guinness, Bobby Howick. The three women are each holding a long-stemmed red rose while…

This is a black and white photo of festival committee member Dick Beamish with guests. The unidentified guests stand together in a huddle and pose for the camera with a bespectacled Beamish at the centre. While the photo is undated we might guess…

These black and white images of a press conference are taken upstairs at the Savoy Cinema, Cork, during the 1970s. The photographs, by the photographer Donal Sheehan, include the festival director Dermot Breen holding forth alongside the journalist…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen at a promotional event for the film festival. The photo is undated but notes that the event includes the London Friends of Cork including actor David Hemmings, Prudence de…

This is a black and white photo of a formally dressed group of five, laughing and posing for the camera. The delegate at the far left of the photo, in a flowing puff-sleeved dress, is identified at the back of the photo as ‘Ida’. The others include…

This black and white photo shows the festival director Dermot Breen sitting alongside Tom Nicholas. Breen is in full flight, arm outstretched, while Nicholas leans forward, glass in hand, smiling for the camera. Nicholas was a founding member of the…

This is a black and white photo, dated 1972, of the actor Laurence Harvey in conversation with festival committee member Dick Beamish, and an unidentified colleague in a white dress accessorised with a festival ribbon. The small convivial group is…