Earlier this year Bonham's Auction House announced they'd be auctioning one of the most famous guitars in rock, Rory Gallagher's road-worn 1961 Fender Stratocaster, an instrument he purchased for £100 from Crowley’s Music Store in Cork, Ireland, in 1963, and played throughout his career.
While the sale was organised in conjunction with Donal Gallagher, the late guitarist's younger brother and manager, many in Ireland were dismayed by the prospect of the iconic instrument disappearing into a private collection, and a crowdfunding campaign to bring the guitar home to Cork was launched by Sheena Crowley, daughter of the man who sold Gallagher the guitar more than 60 years ago.
