The original 1959 Tóstal-Festival of Cork souvenir programme is a soft card-bound issue measuring 17cm x 24.5cm. The bind is stapled and it has 60 numbered pages. The pdf contains a number of images and advertisements, as well as articles about Cork…
This is a black and white photo of a Canadian delegation to the Cork festival dated 1970. The photo was formerly framed and marked with details of the small group on its front and includes, from left to right, the Canadian Ambassador, James Joachim…
This is a black and white photo, marked 1958, of Dermot Breen, Donal Crosbie, John Grierson and the Iranian-German film producer Vasgen Badal sitting together at a table in conversation. The festival director Dermot Breen, with his back to us, is…
This is a black and white photo of the German film actor Eva-Ingeborg Scholz (1928-) standing with the festival director Dermot Breen, the Iranian-German film producer Vasgen Badal and Dinny Gould. All four are dressed in formal wear and smiling.…
This is a black and white photo of the film producter Vasgen Badal and Norma Crosbie greeting each other. Both are in formal wear and Badal looks on, vaguely distracted, while Norma Crosbie, dressed in a white lace dress, leans in to kiss him. The…
This is a black and white photo of the Fianna Fáil politician Jack Lynch (1917-1999) on the right presenting a St Finbarr statuette to Vasgen Badal in his capacity as leader of the German delegation. The Press Comments section of the 1959 Festival of…