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This is a black and white photo of the festival director, Dermot Breen, with the vice-chairman of the festival committee, Richard (Dick) Beamish, and Tom Nicholas (centre) from the London Friends of Cork. They are attending a reception at the Martini…

The 2012 festival programme cover is white with a line drawing of a couple sitting and looking out on to a view. Their back is to us and they lean into each other and face what might be a seascape. A large sun-like circle dominates the image as it…

The cover of the 2011 festival programme shows a somewhat harried-looking man, walking in a determined fashion along, or off, an arched stone bridge. He is wearing a long beige mac-style coat over an orange jumper and blue jeans. His hair has short…

The 2010 festival programme cover is a stylised graphic design of three uniform looking heads, against a white background strewn with random shapes in various colours and size. The three faces gaze up towards the upper right of the programme -…

This is an undated black and white photo of a young Dermot Breen, customary cigarette in hand, posing in front of a large poster advertising the various aspects of the Tóstal festival. Tóstal was a pageant held around Ireland to celebrate Ireland’s…

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

The 1988 festival poster is a graphic image of a large turquoise blue laughing face against a bright yellow background flecked with orange. The face is angled left, bright blue with yellow lips, and wearing dark sunglasses. Hair is represented by…

The 1988 festival programme cover is predominantly yellow with a graphic image of a laughing face. The green-coloured face is angled left, wearing dark sunglasses. Hair is represented by film negative strips of various colours including orange, green…

This black and white photo shows the festival director Dermot Breen with representatives from Harp Ireland. Breen is shown shaking hands with the Harp rep while leaning over a large foil-covered harp.Since its origin, the festival depends on the…

This black and white photo shows the festival director presenting a St Finbarr statuette to an unidentified recipient.The St Finbarr statuette was designed by the Cork-born sculptor Seamus Murphy RHA. A small number of festival programmes (eg 1970)…