Remembering Rory Gallagher: "The ‘70s was a time of musical darkness in Ireland – but Rory blazed a trail through it"

31 years ago today, Irish guitar legend Rory Gallagher died in London, aged just 47. After Rory’s funeral, Niall Stokes took a very personal journey back through the music and memories of a friendship with a man he was proud to have known – re-published in full below: