President Patrick Hillery on MacCurtain Street, Cork

President Patrick Hillery on MacCurtain Street, Cork

Cork Film Festival, President, Patrick Hillery, MacCurtain Street, King Street, Cork Baptist Church, Arthur Hill

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 tailored tunic and Sam Browne belt. Uniformed soldiers, in regulation dark berets, line up before him, standing at attention, with their arms fixed to their sides and their thumbs parallel to their trousers. In the distance, just before MacCurtain street meets St Patrick's Hill, we see the Army band. Patrick Hillery (1923-2008) was a Fianna Fáil politician who served as the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 to 1990 following some time as Ireland's first European commissioner from 1973 to 1976. In this picture Hillery is seen walking past the distinctive façade of the Cork Baptist Church which was established in King Street (now MacCurtain Street) in 1892. Its red-brick façade, with its unusual tower and carving over the door entrance, is a distinctive landmark on MacCurtain Street. On its right, and just out of shot, we note the unique red-break façade of Victoria Buildings which were designed by the Cork-born architect Arthur Hill (1846-1921).

University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, Donal Sheehan

Cork Film Festival Collection

University College Cork

Donal Sheehan

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TIFF
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English, eng

Cork, Ireland

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254 x 202mm