Rory Gallagher to be honoured at Cork Person of the Year awards next year

It comes after it emerged that Gallagher's legendary 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar will be put up for auction later this year

Rory Gallagher will be one of the first to be remembered in a new ‘in memoriam’ section of the Cork Person of the Year ceremony.

The late rock and blues legend Rory Gallagher is to be honoured as part of a poignant new feature which is being introduced for the first time at the next Cork Person of the Year ceremony.

Awards organiser Manus O’Callaghan confirmed that he is adding a new ‘in memoriam’ section to the 2024 gala awards lunch, which will take place in January.