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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, Lord Mayor Pat Kerrigan, Miss Movie Girl Betty Philbin, and the film festival director Dermot Breen. They are standing in a huddle having a conversation; Breen is…

This is a black and white photo, dated 1976, of the actor David Hemmings speaking at an award presentation which was organised by George McSweeney (who might be sitting at the piano). The Lord Mayor Seán French, wearing his chain of office, is seated…