Book to remember the late Johnny ‘The Rock’ O’Brien

A Glenflesk man who died in tragic circumstances at Christmas is to be forever remembered in a book.

The Glenflesk community woke to the worst possible news on St Stephen’s Day when they learned that Johnny 'The Rock' O'Brien, had died in a house fire.

A passing motorist alerted emergency services after seeing the fire in the early hours of December 26.

A popular local figure, ‘The Rock’ was a farmer who lived his entire life at the roadside farmhouse near Glenflesk. He was well-known to passing motorists, a friendly honk of a car’s horn was always met by an equally happy salute from the bachelor farmer. His love of his animals made national headlines a few years ago as he saved them from flooding after a severe storm. A central part of the local community, ‘The Rock' was supposed to climb The Paps with a group of locals on the Monday morning of his death to raise funds for two charities. Now a friend and neighbour wants to remember him and she is looking for old