Rory Gallagher
Videos
William Rory Gallagher was an Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as "Ireland's first rock star", he is known for his virtuosic style of guitar playing and live performances. He has somet
Gallagher performing at the Manchester Apollo in 1982
Rory Gallagher plaque at the Rock Hospital, Ballyshannon
Taste performing at the Niedersachsenhalle in Hannover, Germany, in January 1970
Gallagher playing mandolin in the early 1970s. He owned a Martin Mandolin.
Ballyshannon
Videos
Ballyshannon is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3 from Dublin ends and the N15 crosses the River Erne. The town was incorporated in the ea
Rory Gallagher
…contracted a staphylococcal infection (MRSA) and died three months later at the age of 47. Gallagher has been commemorated posthumously with statues in Ballyshannon and Belfast, and public spaces renamed in his memory in Dublin, Cork, and Paris. He has been commemorated on an An Post set of postage stamps and a…
Ballyshannon from the Belleek Road
River Erne and Ballyshannon
Town centre
Statue of Ballyshannon native, musician Rory Gallagher