Die irische Zeitung "Evening Echo" berichtet über die
Eröffnung der Rory Gallagher Ausstellung
in der City Library in Cork

.... und rorysfriends waren auch offiziell eingeladen!

Kurz vor unserer Reise nach Irland zu Cork Rocks For Rory 2005 erhielten wir Post aus Irland und diese enthielt die offizielle Einladung des Lord Mayor zur Eröffnung der Rory Gallagher Ausstellung "Remember Rory" in der City Library in Cork. Wir fühlten uns sehr geehrt und gingen natürlich hin, wie man deutlich sehen kann.

Fans gather as Cork remembers Rory Gallagher

The tenth anniversary of the death of Rory Gallagher saw fans from all over the globe gather in Cork last night. (by Edel O´Connell)

Fans, family and friends of the late virtuoso packed-out the city´s Central Library for the launch of an exhibition Remembering Rory by his brother Donal last night.
The exhibition will run until September 3.
Fans from the Holland, Germany, Japan and the US were part of the select audience.
Speaking at the launch, Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Sean Martin, said: "It is testament to Rory´s international appeal to see the amount of fans who have come from all over the world for this event."
Rory´s brother; Donal, gave an emotional speech. "I´m very proud to launch this exhibition in the very library where I and Rory came as children. His anniversary is a bitter sweet time for us all." he said.
A rendition of Rory´s song "Going To My Hometown" was performed by Cork singer Pat Horgan.
Donal Gallagher said he set up the exhibition as a tool for young musicians.
"It is important to show them that it is possible to become an artist of renown coming from a place like Cork." he said.
Dutch fan Klaas Spijker, owner of the Taste Cafe on Union Quai, said: "It is great to see the huge number of people who have travelled here to mark the anniversary of the city´s most legendary musician.

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Donal Gallagher, Rory´s brother, signing CDs for fans of Rory, Frank Van Pardo, Anjac Van Baar and Theo Van Baar, all from Holland, at the opening of Remembering Rory, an exhibition of Rory Gallagher memorabilia, at Cork City Library.

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Karl-Heinz and Sabine Bilstein from Germany, with Lord Mayor Cllr. Sean Martin at the opening of the exhibition last night.

Und auch das war im EVENING ECHO anlässlich des 10. Todestages:

It happened today ...... by Dermot Ryan

Sad death of Cork´s guitar man

It was on this day 10 years ago, in 1995, that the musician died for a generation of rock fans with the news from the King´s College Hospital in London of the death of an adopted son of Cork, Rory Gallagher:
The singer/songwriter had been born in Ballyshannon, Donegal, on March 2, 1948 but had grown up in Cork city and later hat a house in Kinsale.
He had bought his first acoustic guitar at the age of nine, and then graduated to a Fender Stratocaster:
Many Evening Echo readers and rockers will recall dancing to the Fontana Show Band, later The Impact and then The Taste, before Gallagher went solo in 1970.
Tours and television appereances followed with hits like Messin´ With The Kid and Top Priority, but his health began to fail and he had a liver transplant in April 1995. Unfortunately he never recovered.

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GUITAR LEGEND: A section of the large crowd at the removal of the late Rory Gallagher at the funeral home in Beaumont, Cork.