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The 1989 festival programme cover is a graphic image of a laughing turquoise blue-faced man against a bright pink-red background. He has bright yellow hair and lips and is wearing a winged-green hat and a green short-sleeved shirt decorated with…

The 2009 festival programme cover features a painterly image of two creatures looking at each other in a glade or garden setting. The work is by the Swiss animation director and artist, Georges Schwizgebel (1944-), whose paint-on-glass-animated 2004…

The 2009 festival poster is a painterly image, by the Swiss artist Georges Schwizgebel, of two creatures looking at each other in a glade or garden setting. The doe and the dog are facing off tentatively. The shadow of a tree falls over them. The…

This black and white photo shows the composer Philip Green, in glasses on the left, in a huddle with festival committee members. The back of the photo notes the company of David Coughlan, Dick Murphy, and Frank Dorgan. Philip Green was born in East…

This black and white photo shows Lord Mayor, Timothy O’Sullivan with his wife. O’Sullivan was Lord Mayor of Cork during 1971-1972 which helps us date this photo. They are accompanied by a smiling Westropp Irvine, a representative from Player &…

This black and white photo is of a large group of festival delegates spread out across the stage seated behind the Lord Mayor, Timothy J O’Sullivan, who is speaking at the microphone. The delegates, all men in dark suits, are seated in front of large…

This black and white photo shows a convivial group of delegates including the Irish actor Sinéad Cusack. She is shown on the right, a bouquet of flowers in hand, wearing a floral dress. Her companions chat in the bright light of the day in front of…

This black and white photo shows the television personality Bunny Carr on the stage with the Irish actor Michael Twomey. Both men, dressed in evening wear, are standing on a stage in front of microphones. Twomey, notes in hand, is smiling broadly as…

This black and white image shows the festival director Dermot Breen, on the far right, standing with three unidentified festival guests. All are in formal wear and the guest on the far left holds aloft a St Finbarr award while smiling for the camera.

This black and white image shows two unidentified festival guests standing together smiling for the camera. Between them they are holding a St Finbarr statuette. We recognise the trellis in the background from other archive images which suggests that…