TRIBUTES ARE BEING paid to a County Dublin man who lost his life in an incident in County Roscommon on Sunday.

The man in his 50s was found dead at around 2am on Sunday, 15 September at Cloonchambers, Castlerea, County Roscommon.

He has been named locally as Marcus Phelan who is originally from Dublin.

Locals said “he was a very quiet man who loved the west of Ireland”.

It is understood that Marcus visited Castlerea a lot, as he bought a holiday home in Cloonchambers on the outskirts of the town.

His body was taken to Roscommon University Hospital, and a postmortem examination took place on Monday.

It is understood gardaí do not believe his death was suspicious.

They are satisfied no other vehicle was involved, as the only damage to his bike was minor damage to the handlebars which they say is likely due to a fall.

They believe Marcus may have suffered a medical event and then fell off the bike.

Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this incident to come forward.

Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in the Castlerea area from 12 a.m.(midnight) to 2am on Sunday, 15 September are asked to make this footage available to gardaí.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Castlerea Garda Station on 094 9621 630, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.