The instrument was one of a number of the Irish musician’s possessions auctioned by the Gallagher estate on Thursday

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

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

Rory Gallagher's legendary 1961 Fender Stratocaster, has sold for £889,400 and is returning to Ireland where it belongs permanently.

Rory Gallagher's iconic 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar has been purchased by Live Nation Gaiety Ltd with a view to donation to the National Museum of Ireland.

Rory Gallagher ’s legendary Fender Stratocaster has sold for more than €1million – and will be donated to the National Museum of Ireland. The sale took place during an auction of Gallagher’s guitar collection at Bonham’s auction house in London.

The Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum acquired several of the other significant pieces from his collection, including a 1959 Gretsch Chet Atkins PX6121 electric guitar, which Gallagher used on his 1990 album Fresh Evidence for the tracks “Middle Name” and “King Zydeco”.

Gallagher, widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, bought the 1961 Fender Stratocaster for £100 in 1963. The guitar has been purchased by Live Nation Gaiety Ltd with a view of donating it to the National Museum of Ireland.

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,

Rory Gallagher’s legendary Fender Stratocaster guitar sold today for just over €1 million but the purchaser is to donate the piece of Irish rock history to the National Museum of Ireland in a deal brokered by the Department for Culture.

Joe Bonamassa, who threw his weight behind the movement to keep the guitar in Ireland, publicly expressed his approval of the decision