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The 1974 festival programme is slim, with an abstract design on its cover in the form of yellow and brown elongated shapes stretching from the top to the bottom of the page. Text is presented in dark brown on the white strip along the right edge of…

The 1973 festival programme is slim, with an abstract design on its cover in the form of red, brown and gold elongated shapes stretching from the top to the bottom of the page. Text is presented in dark brown on the white strip along the right edge…

This is a black and white photo of two visitors to the festival, identified as Jerry and Mary Rearden in a photo dated 1980. Dressed formally they both smile broadly for the camera whose light catches the sheen of their style.

This is a black and white photo of Dermot and Vida Breen with Dick Murphy and the drinks rep from Irish Distillers. The formally dressed group stand in a small huddle as they chat. Breen is eating while holding court, as Dick Murphy stares directly…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director, Dermot Breen, in conversation with the artist and journalist Frank Sanquest.Breen, with a cigarette in hand, was a colleague of Sanquest for many years – they would have come across each other…

This is a black and white photo of three unidentified festival guests. The rear of the photo states that the photo is of two actors from Portugal ‘that no one could communicate with’ ... . The picture shows the two women smiling broadly for the…

This is a black and white photo of Suzanne Macdougald posing with the festival founder Dermot Breen and an unidentified festival attendee. Macdougald, her hair gathered in a chignon bun, is wearing a sash marked Miss Harp Ireland across her gingham…

This is a black and white photo of Suzanne Macdougald taken with festival attendees, dressed in formal suits, some with a festival ribbon pinned to their jacket lapel. They are identified at the back of the photo as Dick Barry, Tim O’Sullivan,…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen with his colleague Donal Crosbie and festival attendees at the airport. Crosbie and Breen, on the left of the photo, are meeting festival delegates off the Aer Lingus flight behind…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen standing with the English comedy actor Ronnie Shiner and others. The group, dressed for a cold day, all smile for the camera with Dermot Breen, on the far right, hand in pocket.…