A taste of Rory Gallagher

As the guitar master is remembered in his hometown this weekend, his brother Dónal reflects on his legacy, writes Don O’Mahony

EVEN after a lifetime of being at the great guitarist’s side, both professionally and fraternally, Dónal Gallagher can still be taken aback by the broad and enduring affection there is for his late older brother Rory.

“I literally was just looking at a graphic that was published yesterday in Alaska,” he says. “In The Daily Times a cartoonist had drawn Rory, remembering him fondly from 1977. So it’s quite amazing how global Rory’s become. He travelled so much it’s extraordinary how it stuck in people’s memory.”