Riding in the colours of RoundTower Racing, Vitrans Honda, Klaffi Honda, MV Agusta and JMF Millsport Yamaha, he enjoyed considerable success, including three Irish championships and podium places at the North West 200, Isle of Man TT and the Ulster Grand Prix.
The weathered, silvery stone ruins scattered across the grassy, 158m-high Hill of Slane today include a foundational outline of a church, a roundtower and a monastery associated with St Erc, and a later Norman motte and bailey on the hill's western side, built by Archembald Fleming, who came to Ireland with Henry II in 1171.