A statue honoring the late Irish blues guitarist Rory Gallagher has been unveiled in Belfast, Northern Ireland, outside ...

The auction of Rory Gallagher’s iconic, heavily relic’d Strat was a story that had the guitar world rapt this year. But while a campaign to keep what was the first Fender Strat to reach Irish ...

The statue was green-lit in 2016, and recreates one of the late guitar great’s most famous poses from a 1972 Melody Maker ...

A statue of late blues-rock guitar icon Rory Gallagher drew mixed responses when it was unveiled in Ireland in January 2025.

And it wasn’t just the anonymous online hordes. Thomas Walsh, the Irish musician best known for his band Pugwash and being ...

An eye-watering near €50m was raised for various causes across the country last year, with more than 15,000 fundraisers ...

The guitar, which was one of a 94-lot collection consisting of guitars, amps and accessories from Rory Gallagher's life and career, made a total of £2.3m. The whole collection was on view to the ...

A statue of arguably the Republic of Ireland’s most talented blues/rock guitarists has been unveiled in Belfast before a ...

A statue honoring Rory Gallagher, the legendary Irish guitarist, has been unveiled outside Ulster Hall in Belfast. While fans celebrate, some criticize the statue’s design.

Rory Gallagher was the original Irish guitar hero, whose artistry with a battered ’61 Stratocaster became the stuff of legend. Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters admired him, the Rolling Stones tried to ...

Rory Gallagher was the original Irish guitar hero, whose artistry with a battered ’61 Stratocaster became the stuff of legend. Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters admired him, the Rolling Stones tried to ...