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Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

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#OTD in 1995 – Death of Donegal-born blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Rory Gallagher.

14/06/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Blues guitarist legend, Rory Gallagher, died in a London hospital from complications following a liver transplant at the age of 47. Rory’s family moved to Cork where he discovered blues music on American Forces Radio. By the time he was twenty-one, he was recognised as one of the finest guitarists in the world. In 1971, […]

#OTD in 1948 – Birth of guitarist, Rory Gallagher, in Donegal.

02/03/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Irish blues guitarist legend Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal. Rory’s family moved to Cork where he discovered blues music on American Forces Radio. By the time he was twenty-one, he was recognised as one of the finest guitarists in the world. In 1971, the UK music paper Melody Maker voters gave Gallagher […]

#OTD in 1995 – Death of Donegal-born blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Rory Gallagher.

14/06/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Blues guitarist legend, Rory Gallagher, died in a London hospital from complications following a liver transplant at the age of 47. Rory’s family moved to Cork where he discovered blues music on American Forces Radio. By the time he was twenty-one, he was recognised as one of the finest guitarists in the world. In 1971, […]

#OTD in 1995 – Death of Donegal-born blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Rory Gallagher.

14/06/2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Blues guitarist legend, Rory Gallagher, died in a London hospital from complications following a liver transplant at the age of 47. Rory’s family moved to Cork where he discovered blues music on American Forces Radio. By the time he was twenty-one, he was recognised as one of the finest guitarists in the world. In 1971, […]

#OTD in 1948 – Birth of guitarist, Rory Gallagher, in Donegal.

02/03/2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Irish blues guitarist legend Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal. Rory’s family moved to Cork where he discovered blues music on American Forces Radio. By the time he was twenty-one, he was recognised as one of the finest guitarists in the world. In 1971, the UK music paper Melody Maker voters gave Gallagher […]

#OTD in 1995 – Death of Donegal-born blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Rory Gallagher.

14/06/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Blues guitarist legend, Rory Gallagher, died in a London hospital from complications following a liver transplant at the age of 47. Rory’s family moved to Cork where he discovered blues music on American Forces Radio. By the time he was twenty-one, he was recognised as one of the finest guitarists in the world. In 1971, […]

#OTD in 1948 – Birth of guitarist, Rory Gallagher, in Donegal.

02/03/2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Irish blues guitarist legend Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal. Rory’s family moved to Cork where he discovered blues music on American Forces Radio. By the time he was twenty-one, he was recognised as one of the finest guitarists in the world. In 1971, the UK music paper Melody Maker voters gave Gallagher […]

#OTD in 1995 – Death of Donegal-born blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Rory Gallagher.

14/06/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Blues guitarist legend, Rory Gallagher, died in a London hospital from complications following a liver transplant at the age of 47. Rory’s family moved to Cork where he discovered blues music on American Forces Radio. By the time he was twenty-one, he was recognised as one of the finest guitarists in the world. In 1971, […]

#OTD in 1948 – Birth of guitarist, Rory Gallagher, in Donegal.

02/03/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Irish blues guitarist legend Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal. Rory’s family moved to Cork where he discovered blues music on American Forces Radio. By the time he was twenty-one, he was recognised as one of the finest guitarists in the world. In 1971, the UK music paper Melody Maker voters gave Gallagher […]

#OTD in 1995 – Death of Donegal-born blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Rory Gallagher.

14/06/2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Blues guitarist legend, Rory Gallagher, died in a London hospital from complications following a liver transplant at the age of 47. Rory’s family moved to Cork where he discovered blues music on American Forces Radio. By the time he was twenty-one, he was recognised as one of the finest guitarists in the world. In 1971, […]

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