IN PICTURES: Remembering Joey Dunlop - a road racing icon

By The Newsroom
Published 25th Feb 2018, 09:00 BST
Road racing icon: Joey Dunlop would have been 66 todayRoad racing icon: Joey Dunlop would have been 66 today
Road racing icon: Joey Dunlop would have been 66 today
Today marks what would have been road racing king Joey Dunlop's 66th birthday.

The Ballymoney man, forever a sporting legend in Northern Ireland, is a motorcycling icon.

Eighteen years ago, at the age of 48, Dunlop died while racing in Estonia.

Here, we look back at the career of the decorated rider. Click the link above to launch the gallery.

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