Met Karl Rock last evening. Karl is from Shannonbridge and works at carpentry in London specializing in doors and stairs. During the Christmas break he went on holiday to Dubai and enjoyed temperatures of 80 degrees. Karl was full of praise for Dubai where he stayed in an apartment five minutes from the beach with a swimming pool on the roof. There are two languages but almost everybody speaks English.
Karl arrived back in London on Sunday and found out that Mike Brennan had died in Shannonbridge. He flew to Dublin yesterday, hired a car and was home in time for the removal last evening. Karl has been a friend of the Brennan Family for years and a true friend no doubt. Mike Brennan will be buried in Clonmacnois today.