The Latest Breaking News from Donal Gallagher

The historic Strat – the sale of which attracted the attention of senior members of the Irish government, who hoped to keep the instrument in Gallagher's native country – went under the hammer along with dozens of other guitars from the legendary player's collection

Gallagher’s iconic Strat is one of the most storied guitars in the world. But the day Rory, with untold thousands of gigs under his belt, became stage struck in the presence of his hero is one of his brother Donal Gallagher’s favorite tales

Can you judge a guitar by its case? Not usually, but when Donal Gallagher was shopping for cases for brother Rory, he found one with a very special guitar inside, and there was a deal to be made

Rory’s battered National Triolian could be seen as the acoustic sibling ofhis infamously weathered 1961 Strat – though this metal workhorse could howl,too

Heavily modded over the years, thishot-sounding Esquire was, outsideof the Strat, Rory’s go-to Fender for slide work – but it nearly came to an untimely demise on anairport runway…

Nearly 30 years after Rory Gallagher’s death, we join Rory’s brother Donal to find out why it’s time to let go of his legendary 1961 Fender Stratocaster as it heads to auction

The safety of the guitar has become an increasing concern over the years as several attempts to rehome it in a museum have failed

Gallagher's brother secretly invited one of Rory's biggest heroes to attend a show at the Royal Albert Hall – and even had him introduce the blues rock legend to the stage

Could Rory Gallagher's guitar be enshrined as a national treasure in Ireland?