Michael Dunlop loses a brother, father and uncle over biking

In a quiet churchyard in rural Northern Ireland lie three graves bearing one name: Dunlop.

Joey, Robert and William. Buried next to each other by the same minister, all killed on two wheels pursuing the sport that made them and broke them.

For more than 40 years, two sets of brothers have dominated the dangerous, thrilling and brilliant world of motorcycle road racing.

First came Joey and Robert, and then Robert's two sons, William and Michael - who races on.

Less than a year since his older brother William was killed in a race just outside Dublin, Michael Dunlop is back on the roads of Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man, hustling a £70,000 superbike at speeds of up to 200mph.

From the outside, you might wonder why.

Why doesn't Michael hang up his leathers after losing a brother, a father and an uncle?

It was a last-minute decision. In May 2018, William Dunlop pulled out of the Isle of Man TT to spend time with his partner Janine, who was six months pregnant with their second child and having difficulties.

The TT in early June dominates the calendar for road racers - but William was sure he was doing the right thing. Family had to come first.

William had, understandably, struggled to truly enjoy the sport since his father Robert was killed in an accident in 2008. Some say he was planning to walk away from racing.

He and Janine spent a weekend away with their daughter Ella.

"It was the most lovely weekend; it was so relaxed," Janine says. "As a family it was so lovely to spend proper quality time together.

"When William had got back into a better head space, when he said he was going back to another race that weekend, I didn't even feel like I had to worry. At hospital too, things were looking better with the pregnancy, and the morning he set off to the race he was on such good form.

"And then, obviously, things end up the way they ended up."

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