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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 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…

The 2018 festival poster has a green and blue colour scheme with an emerald-green stripe on its left. To the right of the green stripe there is a blue-themed lightly pixelated image of a partially visible face with just the right eye showing. The eye…

The 2019 festival poster has an orange and purple colour scheme with a purple stripe on its left. To the right of the purple stripe, there is an image of a young man caught mid-flight in dance on an orange background; he is wearing an embellished…

The 1960 festival programme cover is off-white, with vertical lines in the background dotted with small light stars. In the foreground is a Celtic-stylised image of a saint holding a staff in his right hand. The image is flanked by two emblems – one…

The 1961 festival programme cover is cream-coloured with a Celtic-stylised faded image of a saint holding a staff in his right hand - probably St Finbarr of Cork. The image is flanked by two emblems – one of the harp and one of the coat of arms of…

The 1965 festival programme is slim, with an abstract design on its cover in the form of text decorated film negative winding around itself on a black background. The back cover is plain white with an advertisement for ‘Cork Dry Gin’ showing the…

The 1966 festival programme is slim, with an abstract design on its cover in the form of a stylised logo of the CIFF letters arranged against a cream coloured background. The back cover is plain white with an advertisement for ‘Nordoff Vodka’ in the…

The 1967 festival programme is slim, with an abstract design on its cover in the form of violet coloured text and graphics against a cream-coloured background. The back cover is plain white with an advertisement for ‘Hewitt’s Whisky’ stretching…

The 1968 festival programme is slim, with an abstract design on its cover in the form of orange, purple, yellow, and white elongated shapes stretching from the top to the bottom of the page. Text is presented in black on the white strip along the…