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This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen in Fitzgerald’s Park giving an interview to a BBC television crew in the late 1960s. The interview is taking place on one of the tree-lined avenues that dot the park amidst its…

This is a black and white photo of the English screenwriter Wolf Mankowtiz and companions at the Savoy Cinema in Cork. The imposing figure of Mankowitz, dressed in all black, stands on the right of the photo, slightly turned to his left whilst in…

This is a black and white photo of a press conference taken during the late 1970s. The press corps is seated in front of the main desk where the film festival director, Dermot Breen, sits at the microphone taking questions from them. An audience is…

This is a black and white photo of the actor Harry Towb in conversation with two guests one of whom is identified as Brian Coomber at the back of the photo. We have no information on Coomber but recognise Towb as the popular actor from Northern…

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 sepia-toned photograph, dated 1963, of the actor Peter O’Toole walking with the festival director Dermot Breen and the journalist Leslie Mallory. All three are shown smiling whilst in conversation. A dapper-looking O’Toole, in glasses on…

This is a black and white photo of Patrice Legendre and Louis Marcus in conversation. A young Legendre, in a herringbone tweed jacket, is shown in profile listening to a Marcus on the right. Both are wearing festival pins on their jackets and if we…

This is a black and white photograph of the actor James Mason arriving at the Savoy Cinema accompanied by a small entourage that includes Jimmy Campbell, festival director Dermot Breen, and others. Wearing evening suits accessorised with a festival…

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 photo of the Irish actor Noel Purcell crouched down talking to an unidentified child dressed up in a festive military-style costume. A bearded Purcell, with thick greying hair curling at his suit collar, is talking to the…