sentences:  McQuaid comes from a cycling family, with his father Jim being a top amateur cyclist and later coach and official, and his uncle a leader in national cycling organisation.His parents came from Dungannon in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, where his father already raced.The McQuaids moved to Dublin due to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, which had more opportunities and which provided a better atmosphere for mixed couples (his mother was Protestant and his father Catholic), and settled in Dublin's northern suburbs.