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This is a black and white group photo, dated 1967, of festival director Dermot Breen standing with representatives from the Irish Tourist Board (An Bord Fáilte) and the long-running American men's magazine Esquire. The four guests are shown standing…

This is a souvenir programme for Tóstal Corcaí – the Festival of Cork, 1956. The original programme is a soft card-bound issue measuring 18.5cm x 24cm with 68 numbered pages. The pdf version includes a welcome from Lord Mayor Patrick McGrath.…

This is the maroon-coloured cover of the souvenir programme for Tóstal Corcaí – the Festival of Cork, 1956. The design on the front cover is a Celtic-stylised image of a saint holding a staff in his right hand. The image is flanked by two emblems –…

The 1959 Tóstal Corcaí/Festival of Cork souvenir programme is off-white. In the foreground, off centre, is a red Celtic-stylised image of a saint holding a staff in his right hand. The image is flanked by two emblems – one of the harp and one of the…

This is a black and white undated photo of the Australian actor Nick Tate on the stage with the Cork theatre actor Elaine Stephens. They are both laughing as Stevens looks down at her notes. Born in 1942, Tate is best known for his role as a pilot in…

This is a signed black and white publicity photo of the Irish actor David Kelly in a posed headshot. He is shown facing off-centre in contemplation while staring into the distance. We can just make out the glint of his ring on his index finger. The…

The 1986 festival programme cover is blue with yellow text, across which a couple is shown in a celebratory mode. The man, dressed in a blue denim shirt and wearing sunglasses, is blowing on a party whistle shaped as film reel negative. The smiling…

This is a black and white photo of Mary Tilson who was Miss Movie Girl in 1975. Tilson, wearing a striped shirt, is standing at the door of a stagecoach carriage and turned towards the camera smiling.

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…

This is a black and white photo of Roy Gunson, Margaret Savage, and the vice-chairman of the festival committee, Richard (Dick) Beamish, taken at a reception held at the Martini Terrace, New Zealand House, in London. On the far left the bespectacled…