The guitar sold for $1.16 million at auction last year, and its arrival at the museum has been eagerly awaited since ...

Guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick is arguably best known for his work in British melodic rock band FM, whose new album Old Habits Die Hard is released in May. Jim also plays in Band of Friends, performing the ...

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 shores ...

Rory Gallagher's favourite guitar, his iconic Fender Stratocaster, is to go on display at the National Museum at Collins ...

Rory Gallagher’s 1961 Fender Stratocaster—one of the most recognizable Strats in the world—will be offered at auction this fall. The iconic guitar, which has a price estimate of £700,000 to £1 million ...

Analysis: Bought, sold, played, displayed, stolen, recovered and preserved – Rory Gallagher's iconic Fender Stratocaster ’61 is a national treasure Rory Gallagher (right) with his Fender Stratocaster ...

Two symbols of liberal Ireland share a display case. There is Mary Robinson’s purple suit by the designer Louise Kennedy that she wore at her inauguration. Next to it is a Repeal jumper that became ...

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that he will explore ways that the Irish State can purchase an iconic Fender Stratocaster guitar belonging to Irish guitar legend Rory Gallagher. Billed as the ...

LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - Irish rock and blues star Rory Gallagher's 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar, described as "the most recognisable Strat in rock history" because of its worn appearance, is ...

Rory Gallagher's 1961 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar is among a number of items having belonged to the Irish rocker that will go under the hammer at Bonhams Auction House in London this week.

Joe Bonamassa has wrapped three superlative tribute shows to Rory Gallagher in the late blues guitar player’s hometown, and helped bring the gigs to a close with an emotional encore of As The Crow ...

Rory Gallagher's iconic Fender Stratocaster giutar is on display at the National Museum at Collins Barracks. The musician purchased his famous guitar for £100 at Crowley’s music store in Cork, in 1963 ...