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RIP David Hourigan

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  • #2
    sy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭sy


    Thats shocking news. Had heard the radio this evening re irishman found dead in hotel in Thailand but didn't realise it was David Hourigan. Very sad end to a very talented cyclist RIP


  • #3
    garminguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 202 ✭✭garminguy


    very sad to hear this news.
    he was someone i aspired to when i was growing up in limerick back in the day.
    he had his problems with doping and never seemed to get back on the rght track again.
    not many of limericks finest athletes come from moyross, but he was a bright light in a dark place.
    r.i.p


  • #4
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    First Irish rider to win the Manx GP as far as I know.
    Class rider an no-one at 38 should end up like that.
    RIP


  • #5
    Junior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,238 ✭✭✭Junior


    May he rest in peace the chap, my thoughts are with his family and friends.


  • #6
    Muller_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 237 ✭✭Muller_1


    Remember seeing him ride in the Isle of Maan think it was 1987 when he was a junior! RIP


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  • #7
    SMacX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭SMacX


    I had the privelge of racing against him, or should I say behind him many moons ago. I am sorry to hear of his passing and my deepest sympathy to his family.


  • #8
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    Very sad. If it is the same man then I knew his brother when I was younger and living in Limerick.
    RIP


  • #9
    raymurf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭raymurf


    as a young aspiring cyclist david was a hero of mine, watching a moyross limerick man riding up at the front with armstrong, roche and kelly was inspiring. i had the privillage of knowing david in the last few years and believe that he was a good man, but heavily beset by the difficulties of this so called modern world.


  • #10
    mr truth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭mr truth


    d


  • #11
    Slideshowbob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭Slideshowbob


    More on DH in SIndo today:

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/family-left-waiting-for-answers-to-mystery-of-talented-sons-death-2200546.html


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  • #12
    hinault
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭hinault


    It was shocking news : I remember Hourigan.
    He was part of a generation of strong Irish cyclists like Michael Fitzgerald from Clonmel, Eamonn Byrne from Dublin who were the next generation.

    David was a very strong rider.

    Sad to learn of his passing.

    Far too young.

    RIP.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055925313


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