A friend who had worked there showed me that Crowleys are to be closing down.
Until reading the article I had never made the connection between the shop where Rory bought his Strat and the famous pipe maker.
Link: http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0813/467885-crowleys-music-shop-closes-doors-for-last-time/
I believe the competition discussed in the article would be thomann.de?