Closing Night with Lord Mayor Pearse Wyse in 1967

Closing Night with Lord Mayor Pearse Wyse in 1967

Cork Film Festival, Pearse Wyse, Lord Mayor, St Finbarr Awards

This is a black and white photo of the closing night of the festival in 1967 and shows guests and dignitaries seated across the expanse of the City Hall stage. A small white table at the front of the stage displays four St Finbarr statuettes, together with a Waterford crystal award. Lord Mayor Pearse Wyse is seated just behind the table and is looking towards his right while clapping his hands.

Born in Cork, Pearse Wyse (1928-2009) was a Fianna Fáil politician who would serve as Lord Mayor of Cork in 1967 and again in 1974. A firm supporter of Jack Lynch he was a formidable opponent of Charles Haughey and was a member of the so-called 'Gang of 22'. Disillusioned with the Fianna Fáil party he went on to found the Progressive Democrats where he held a seat as a TD in the 1987 and 1989 elections.

The photograph does not identify the guests but we note that the only woman on the stage of fourteen men is 'Miss Movie Girl 1967' who is seated next to the festival director Dermot Breen. We can make out Gus Healy sitting next to Breen. Healy was Lord Mayor of Cork from 1964 to 1965 and 1975 to 1976.

University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, Bateman Photography

Cork Film Festival Collection

University College Cork

1967

Bateman Photography

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TIFF
JPEG

English, eng

1967
Cork, Ireland

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242 x 195mm