‘I spent some of my happiest times down in the park at Arundel, watching the horses and listening to him’

It’s been a sad week for the families, friends, and supporters of two eminent sportsmen named Dunlop, writes Colm Greaves

‘I spent some of my happiest times down in the park at Arundel, watching the horses and listening to him’

It’s been a sad week for the families, friends, and supporters of two eminent sportsmen named Dunlop., writes Colm Greaves

While most normal people occupied themselves during the recent tropical weather by golfing, gardening or gargling, William Dunlop lost his life hurtling his Yamaha motorbike around the narrow lanes of Dublin on Saturday while practicing for the Skerries 100 road race, tragedy once again visiting a family where bike racing calamity is a far too frequent caller.

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