Rory Gallagher's home is on MacCurtain Street in Cork, Ireland. The famed guitarist was born on March 2, 1948 in Ballyshannon. In 1956 the family moved here to Cork. They lived in this block on MacCurtain Street and it was here the young guitarist purchased his famed 1961 Fender Stratocaster at Crowley's Music Centre, where the plaque honoring him hangs.