| Click here for
Michael McCarthy's great walking tour map of Rory related spots in Cork City Cork Tour Map |
| Sistina Berlin
passed along this link to the excellent Cork City Council Official street map. It includes a searchable street index. Cork City Council Official Street Map |
Paul Street Shopping Centre
This is a fine sculpture honoring Rory plus a plaque on the wall of the
building bears his name. it is within easy walking distance of the main shopping street in Cork. The sculpture features a guitar on one side and lyrics from Jinx on the other.
It was created by Cork resident Geraldine Creedon, a teen friend of Rory's.
Crowley's
Music Centre
This is the shop
that Rory bought THE Strat in. It is located on McCurtain
Street. There was a plaque on the outside wall, but was removed because
of a spelling
error.
Thanks to Volkur
Grupe for these pictures.
Below is the new
plaque
Rory's Grave
Rory's grave is located in Ballincollig, a 15-20 minute ride from Cork. Bus service is available. The entrance for St. Oliver's Cemetery is before you enter the village on the left if you are coming from Cork. The cemetery is posted on the signpost along the road. As you enter the cemetery go past the little house on the left and turn to the right. You won't have any problem spotting Rory's grave. The Large brass headstone stands out among the black headstones that are on most graves in this small cemetery. At the grave, you'll see flowers and artifacts left by Rory fans. Your visit will be both emotional and memorable.
Rory Gallagher Bar
( as fondly remembered)
As it was
Owner
Tony Moore
in
2002 
Today
Rory
Gallagher Corner
Rory Gallagher Corner is located in
the
Temple Bar section of Dublin. It is located at the National Photographic
Archive building at the NorthWest
corner entrance to Meeting House
Square.
Below are 2 pictures of the area and a
close up of the sign.
Thanks to a 'Continental
Op' for
passing on the information and
the photos.
This Op sends along this information as
well....
If you see this tackle shop....
you are VERY close!!!
Carmel Murphy passed along information that there is a nice wall plaque of Rory by Meath sculptor, Michael Keane at J.J.Smyth's Pub in Dublin. Live music is performed in the music bar upstairs and the Irish Blues Club meets there every Tuesday.
O'Brien's Sandwich Bar
The sandwich bar has a poster advertising a Rory gig, some photos and singles and a postcard written by Rory to the owner. Angela passes on that the shop is on Washington Street in Cork, near the Internet Cafe.
Macroom
Macroom was the home of the first open air festival in Ireland. Rory played to packed crowds at the Mountain Dew Festivals. The front of the castle remains and the field where Rory and the band performed remains surrounded by the hills
A nice little shop with quality craft items is in the town center. The owner grew up in the same area as Rory and has linked RoryON!! to the shop's' webpage. You can also see some of their products online below.
The Bird Cage
Carolyn & Jerh Cotter
The Bird Cage, North Square,
Macroom, Co. Cork,
Ireland
There is also a record shop called Gallagher's. A couple of Rory fans went in expecting to find Rory material. After being harassed, the shop owner did add some reissues and did sell them!
Rory Gallagher Music Room
Cork Library on Grande Parade
Photos
by Angela Shaw
12/05/04 Angela Shaw sent this description to The
Loop:
"Quite impressive. I expected to have
to hunt for a miniscule plaque but there is a big arch way leading from
the main library to the music room which has a sizeable Rory Gallagher
signature logo on it, turn left into the little corridor and there is a
display case with the 50th anniversary Strat signed by musicians who
attended the Wembley 1996 shindig, I think, plus a couple of other
display cases with articles and a presentation from IRMA (Irish
Recorded Music Association) for selling in excess of 100,000 album in
Ireland between 1996 and 2004."
Joachim Matz donates replica Strat to Library 06/08 click
Robert Gallinagh's
Ballyshannon Webpage (click)
A nice webpage on the town where Rory was born. Hundred's of photos and
some town history. The page also includes a section on the Rory
Gallagher Festival held every June.
Links
Jürgen Klein
photos of Rory spots around Cork
Some
excellent thumbnails of Rory sites around Cork.
Click
on the thumbnail for full size images
Current
weather at Shannon Airport
This
site gives current weather condition at the Shannon Airport from the US
National Weather Service. Handy for planning what to jam into those
suitcases.
The site is great for checking your home or travel weather also.
Around Cork
| 7, Ferncliffe B&B
A very nice B&B owned by a very nice lady, Breeda Higgins Bellevue Pk. St.Lukes, Cork City 021-0458963 1KM to City Centre |
|
Bru Hostel |
| Shandon Taxi Cabs
42 McCurtain Street 4502255 24 hour service getting you around Cork quickly |
This is a useful utility to check the conversions rate from any currency to any other.
International Phone Dialing Codes
Be Our Guest
A
terrific site to choose your accommodations. It has a search function
that allows you to choose what you need for your stay, then identifies
hotels within specific
counties with those attributes. Pictures and details are given with
each
hotel.
Ireland resources - ireland
related news, books and regional resources.
Interactive
Travel
Guide to Ireland
This
a great site loaded with pictures and information. The site is
searchable. It also gives suggested itineraries for specific areas.
TONS of great information on accommodations , etc.!!!
Cork Guide
Nice
guide to nearly anything in the Cork area. Accommodations,
entertainment,
food, attractions, shopping, weather.....
Searchable
Explore Ireland
Broken down by
county. Basic info for each
This page is under construction. Please feel free to pass along any more useful Rorytravel information. I'd especially be glad to add more information on those Rory places.
Thanks to Joyce and Perry for some of the Ireland pics posted here
email
roryfan@comcast.net