Crowdfunding campaign to keep Rory Gallagher's guitar in Cork is now approaching €12,500

Rory Gallagher's legendary Stratocaster guitar has been put up for auction - and the current custodian of the legendary shop he bought it from has a plan

Sheena Crowley of Crowley's Music Centre, now on Friar St, Cork, has a GoFundMe campaign to purchase Rory Gallagher's guitar. Picture: Denis Minihane

A million euro is a lot of money to raise, but Sheena Crowley is already delighted with the progress of the  GoFundMe campaign to keep Rory Gallagher's guitar in Cork. 

The famous Fender Stratocaster guitar is to be put up for auction via Bonhams in London, and the fear of the iconic instrument ending up overseas prompted Sheena - proprietor of Crowleys Music Store - to set up the appeal in the hope of keeping it in Cork.