Without a doubt the best known rock’n’roller to come out of Cork is Rory Gallagher. But the Rebel County has produced a wide range of singular talents – from Sean O Riada through Jimmy McCarthy to Cathal Coughlan. To celebrate the Cork Live At The Marquee gigs and Cork 2005, we decided to compile an imaginary Best Of for the place by the Lee – and discovered that to do the music justice no less than 40 tracks would do. This is our selection.

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