Square renamed to Rory Gallagher Place
in tribute to Cork musical legend.

Cork artist Geraldine Creedon has created a unique bronze sculpture in honour of Rory Gallagher, at the request of Cork Corporation and Rory’s family. The bronze sculpture takes the form of a guitar on one side, while the other side is made up of intertwined lyrics from Rory’s 1982 album, Jinx.

Geraldine who was born and reared in Cork was friendly with Rory as a teenager in Cork city where they both grew up, she now lives in Newcestown near Bandon in West Cork.

The Tribute was unveiled on Saturday 25^th October 1997  during the Cork Jazz Festival, in the newly named Rory Gallagher Place off Paul Street in Cork. Cork Corporation have renamed a square beside Paul Street Shopping Centre to Rory Gallagher Place in honour of their famous citizen.

The following lyrics (which are taken from the Jinx album) are embossed on the sculpture.

A Brief History of Rory Gallagher

Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) was born in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal on the 2^nd of March 1948, and his family moved to Cork in the early 50’s where he spent his formative years.

He bought his first guitar when only 9 and taught himself to play.

He formed his first band when only 13.

He played with the Fontana Showband (later called (The Impact), formed Taste in 1965 and finally went solo in 1970.

His Live in Europe album went platinum and he was Melody Maker’s ‘Musician of the Year in 1972.

In 1976 he played to over one hundred million people in a Eurovision television broadcast and toured the US for the 10^th time.

In 1974 Rory became seriously ill while on a European tour.

He died in London on the 14^th of June 1995 aged 47, from complications following a liver transplant.

Listed below are some of Rory’s albums.

There is even a dedicated website in Germany WWW.RORY.DE - containing details about his albums, tours and all aspects of his life.