Back in July, it was announced that Rory Gallagher's guitar gear would, three decades after the blues-rock titan's untimely passing, go up for auction. Now, the pearl of the lot, Gallagher's iconic, well-worn 1961 Fender Stratocaster,

Irish rocker Rory Gallagher's "lucky charm" Fender guitar could fetch up to $1.3 million at an auction in London this week.

Made in Fullerton, California, in 1961, and bought by teenage Rory Gallagher from Crowley’s music store in Cork two years later, the famous Fender Stratocaster was sold for a hammer price of £700,000 (€841,

Musician’s 1961 Fender secured for National Museum of Ireland with support from Live Nation Gaiety Ltd, says Minister for Arts

THE FINAL HOME for Rory Gallagher’s €1 million signature Fender Stratocaster guitar will be Cork. That is according MD of MCD, Denis Desmond who was one of the people instrumental in purchasing the guitar at auction on Thursday in London and donating the guitar to the National Museum of Ireland (NMI).

The final home for Rory Gallagher's €1m signature Fender Stratocaster guitar will be Cork. That is according MD of MCD, Denis Desmond who was one of the people instrumental in purchasing the guitar at auction on Thursday in London and donating it to the National Museum of Ireland (NMI).