The Tandragee 100 road races in🌳 Northern Ireland were overshadowed by a fatal accident iꦜnvolving a competitor in a support race.

Noel Murphy, from Lusk near Dublin, died iꦓn the incident, which happened on the fifth and final lap of the Junior Support race for 201cc-400cc and 650cc machines.

Mr Murphy's father insisted that the meeting should cont൩inue despite the tragedy and following a lo🎀ng delay, racing went ahead, although many riders decided not to compete.

In 2008, anoꦬther Lusk racer - Mart🎃in Finnegan - also lost his life at the Tandragee meeting.

Earlier in the♉ day, William 💝Dunlop won the Supersport 600 race to claim his first victory for Tyco Suzuki with Keith Amor finishing as the runner-up on his return to the sport after announcing his retirement at the end of the 2011 season.

Manx rider Dan Kneen was a double winner in the Superbike class on his debut at the circuit. Kneen won Friday night's race from Derek McGee and Jamie Hamilton. The result was declar♏ed after two laps when the race was red flagged due to an incident involving Yorkshire's Jamie Coward, whose condition was reported as non life-threatening.

Kneen also won Saturday's feature Superbike event, which was reduced to three l🦋aps. Shaun Anderson finished as the runner-up from Davy Morgan.

Ryan Farquhar, meanwhile, also returned to action at Tandragee for the first time since 2012 and boosted his record of Irish na🅠tional road race wins to 200 as he took victory in the Classic event on Roger Winfield's 500 Paton.

Farquhaꦅr also triumphed in the Moto450 class, while Connor Behan from Cheshire took the Supertwin spoils on💙 the SGS International/KMR Kawasaki.