- Rory is a Donegal singer-songwriter, currently the owner of "the island bar" in Lanzarote. - As Rory and the island, Rory has had 7 top 40 songs in the irish iTunes rock charts, with "Jimmy's Winning Matches" breaking through to the actual overall Irish top 10 in Oct 2012. - - Rory was the bass player and lead vocalist with Irish Indie/Pop/Punk group The Revs from 2000 to 2007. - In his time with the Revs they released numerous hit radio singles and 3 Albums; Sonictonic in 2002 (no. 5 Irish Charts), Suck in 2003 (no. 3 Irish Charts) and The Revs in 2005 (no. 26 Irish Charts). They played the Oxegen Main Stage 4 times, Slane Castle, toured the USA, Australia (where they had a top 30 hit with "Death of a DJ") the UK and Europe. Supported the Kaiser Chiefs, Foo fighters, Muse and many others. Picked up 2 meteors, hotpress and BBC awards, a single of the month with Kerrang!, MTV2 coverage and an average of 300 gigs/public apperances per year... it all flew at a rapid pace. - However in late 2006 it all came to an end as the public interest in the band had died, they found themselves victims of trying to sprint the marathon, releasing music too hastily, rather exhausted and not paying attention to the basics. - Rory released his official solo debut album "God Bless the big bang" in 2008. It received a positive reaction with Hotpress magazine declaring it "a Triumphant return" giving it 4 out of 5 stars, it also recieved album of the week from Today FM, The Sunday World and BBC Ulster. Rory released 2 singles from the Album and did 2 short tours of Ireland. However Rory had since become resident musician in Charlies Bar Lanzarote and found it pointless to go and play in front of 50 people in small venues around Ireland losing all his money on Petrol and Hotels when there were already 150 Irish people coming into Charlies bar in Lanzarote every night of the week! - In 2010 Rory recorded some new original material with legendary Irish trad player Sharon Shannon ( also a reworking of the pogues classic "Fiesta" with Shane McGowan), out of these sessions Rory had recorded a comedy demo song called "Ryanair Blues", it was leaked to Irish Radio and became a surprise online hit. - Rory will be releasing his new material under the name "RORY AND THE ISLAND" as it was a disaster using his birthname Rory Gallagher as many people would show up expecting a tribute to the Cork/ Donegal Blues Legend! - In May 2011, RORY AND THE ISLAND went in at number 8 in the iTunes Irish Alternative Charts and stayed in the charts for 3 weeks with the debut single "Colours". - In late July 2011 RORY AND THE ISLAND went into number 19 in the Irish Rock charts with the single "Champagne Lifestyle on Coca Cola wages" - In Sep 2011 RORY AND THE ISLAND reached number 15 in the Irish iTunes chart with "The Battle to Stay Positive". - In March 2012 RORY & THE ISLAND reached number 7 in the Irish iTunes charts with the double A-side single "Jimmy Selling Watches / Overground Artist". - In April 2012 RORY & THE ISLAND shot straight in at number 5 in the Irish iTunes Rock Charts with the "Boys in Green" anthem for the Irish soccer team for the Euro 2012 competition. The track was a spur of the moment bit of fun performed with Sharon Shannon a few months earlier and was released for the "Myasthenia Gravis Charity" backed by Irish Football Legend Ronnie Whelan. - in June 2012 after staying in the iTunes charts for 2 months "Boys in Green 2012" was independently voted the best Eire song for Euro 2012 on www.RTE.ie . Rory and the Island will be touring the UK and the USA in the winter of 2012 to promote the new album "Auntie Depressant and Uncle Hope". Rory and the Island scored a top ten hit in Ireland in Sept 2012 with "Jimmy's Winning Matches" another spur of the moment song sang and recorded on playa chica beach in Lanzarote with Jimmy from Senegal In many different formats it has almost 2 million views on You Tube and Vevo. (Jan 2013) At one point in Sept on iTunes the "studio" version was at No.1 and the beach "demo" was at No. 2 in the charts, a first for iTunes in Ireland. - Rory and his wife Cara opened "The Island" music bar in Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote on March 9th, 2013.