IN PICTURES: Remembering Joey Dunlop - a road racing icon

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.

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Road racing icon: Joey Dunlop would have been 66 today

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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