Fundraiser plea to buy back Rory Gallagher's guitar from owner of iconic Cork music shop

GoFundMe campaign is nearing the €30,000 mark.

Sheena Crowley issued a heartfelt plea for corporate donors or music stars to back her GoFundMe campaign, at it nears the €30,000 mark. Picture: Denis Minihane

The daughter of the man who sold rock and blues legend Rory Gallagher his iconic Stratocaster over 60 years ago has vowed to keep her auction fundraiser going “until the hammer falls” in her bid to buy it back for Ireland, and Cork.

Music shop owner Sheena Crowley, whose father Michael Crowley owned the legendary Crowley’s Music Shop on MacCurtain St in Cork city, also issued a heartfelt plea for corporate donors or music stars to back her GoFundMe campaign, at it nears the €30,000 mark.