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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 an undated black and white photograph of the raising of the Tóstal flag at the Cork City Hall. A large crowd, held back by young men in white slacks and shirts, are gathered in front of the City Hall to watch the Lord Mayor and colleagues…

This is a black and white headshot of the festival director Dermot Breen (1924-1978). Breen is shown sitting at a desk looking back at the camera while the screen before him shows a wilderness landscape with a cowboy at its centre. A curl of smoke…

This is an undated black and white publicity headshot of festival director Dermot Breen (1924-1978). Breen was the driving force behind the inception of the festival in 1956 as part of An Tóstal; he was at its helm until his death in 1978 after which…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen and festival friend Tom Nicholas in front of a poster advertising the American horror film The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973), starring Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow. Breen…

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…

This is a black and white photo of a young Dermot Breen in front of a poster advertising the German film Der Arzt von Stalingrad (The Doctor of Stalingrad) (Géza von Radványi, 1958) starring Otto Eduard Hasse and Éva Bartok (1927-1998). The 1958…

This is an undated black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen in a solitary pose. Breen is a familiar presence in the archive – he was a visionary and the driving force behind the inception of the festival in 1956 as part of An…

This is a black and white undated photo of the festival director Dermot Breen reading from the pulpit of St. Francis Church on Liberty Street in Cork. To his right a large group of young children listen attentively. All dressed similarly they might…

This is a black and white undated photo of Donal Lehane reading from the pulpit of St. Francis Church on Liberty Street in Cork. Flanked by priests Lehane is shown in profile looking out to an unseen congregation. The spacious interior and its city…