Iconic Cork music shop to cease trading after 90 years

An iconic music shop where rock legend Rory Gallagher bought his first guitar has closed after almost 90 years of trading.

Online trading is believed to have helped trigger the closure of Crowley’s Music Centre in Cork.

Sheena Crowley, who has been managing the famed MacCurtain St store since her father Michael’s death in 2010, yesterday posted the news on the shop’s Facebook page.