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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 a party being held at the Garda Barracks on MacCurtain Street in Cork. Marked 1962 the photo identifies four of the revellers to be the actor Ronnie Shiner, the local businessman Donal Crosbie, Norma Crosbie and…

This is a black and white photo of the American theatre and film director, Otto Preminger, taken on Patrick Street outside the Savoy Cinema. In this picture Preminger, in a dark suit and bow-tie, is walking purposefully towards the cinema accompanied…

This is a black and white photo of the American theatre and film director Otto Preminger with the English actor Dawn Addams. In this picture Preminger, in a dark suit and bow-tie, is turned towards Addams with his left arm around her shoulders.…

This is a black and white photo of the ‘Original Tóstal Council’ standing on the steps of the City Hall in Cork. The photo is undated but we can suggest the mid-fifties when Tóstal was inaugurated in Cork.

The Cork Film Festival emerged from An…

This is an undated black and white photo of a symphony orchestra playing on the stage at the Cork City Hall. The all-male symphony orchestra is not identified but we note that they are all standing, as is the audience, and they might be playing the…

This is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor Seán O’Leary, scissors in hand, and unidentified festival guests at the opening of the Harp Lager-sponsored festival club. The Fine Gael politician Seán O'Leary (1941-2006) was an Irish accountant,…

This black and white photo identifies this runway shot as part of the Miss Movie Girl competition. The competition had various rounds including ‘evening attire’ and swimwear. We note the Harp Lager promotional material providing a backdrop for an…

This is a black and white photo, dated 1966, of the Irish actor Noel Purcell having his beard pulled by a congenial group of colleagues. Purcell, at the centre, is leaning forward, with a mock-startled look on his face, while his greying beard is…

This is a black and white photograph of the actor Noel Purcell in conversation with the Irish tenor Josef Locke and probably his wife Carmel Dignam. Purcell and Locke, in formal suits, accessorised with a festival ribbon, are huddled together in…