IT WAS YESTERDAY announced that Irish musician and songwriter Rory Gallagher’s famed guitar is to find its final home in Cork after being bought at auction for a sum of over €1 million on Thursday.
The guitar, a 1961 Fender Stratocaster, was originally bought by Gallagher in Cork in 1963 for £100 on credit from the owner of Crowley’s Music Store.
Gallagher passed away in 1995 at the age of 47 following complications from a liver transplant. During a career spanning 30 years, he played both as a solo artist and with his band Taste, and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
So today we’re asking you: Are you a fan of Rory Gallagher’s music?