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These black and white photos show the then Fianna Fáil minister Dr Patrick Hillery with Tony Halpin and Mrs Halpin, Dermot Breen and Gus Healy. The small group, pressed up against the dark curtains behind them, chat and laugh as they introduce…

This is a black and white photo of President Patrick Hillery and his wife Maeve Hillery accompanied by Jim O’Brien. Hillery, wearing a dark suit and holding his trilby hat, is walking alongside O’Brien as they shake hands. His wife, Maeve Hillery, in…

This is a black and white photo of President Hillery at a screening with the Lord Mayor of Cork, Seán French and his wife Patricia ‘Patsy’ French. The three of them sit in a row and appear to be enjoying a convivial conversation – Patricia French, in…

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 the President of Ireland, Patrick Hillery, inspecting the troops on MacCurtain Street, Cork. He is wearing a dark suit and his trademark trilby hat walking along the street, accompanied by a uniformed officer in a…

This is a black and white photo of President Seán T.O'Kelly in 1956 standing with the theatre and cinema impresario Louis Elliman, and others identified at the back of the photo as Father J.A.V.Bourke and Major Halliman. President Kelly is standing…