A rider has died following a crash at the Tandragee 100 motorbike race.
Martin Finnegan, 29 and from Lusk in County Dublin, died in the accident at Marlacoo Corner during the Supersport 600 race shortly after 1400 BST.
Three spectators were injured, two males and one female. The woman was taken to hospital with head injuries.
None of the injuries suffered by the spectators are thought to be life-threatening. The meeting was abandoned after the accident.
Mr Finnegan had earlier won the open race, the 43rd Irish road race victory of his career.
The married father-of-one was competing this year for the JMF Millsport Yamaha team.
As news of his death spread through the motorcycling fraternity, tributes began to appear on his website.
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