A proud moment as Ellis O’Reilly is ready for Olympic opportunity

Jackie O’Reilly won’t be in Rio de Janeiro to watch her daughter Ellis make her Olympic bow as an Irish gymnast, but the mum of four already knows what it is to burst with pride from afar as her offspring take to the global stage.

Ellis it the outlier among her kids.

Her brothers Frankie and Reggie are both boxers and so too is Jenna, the eldest, who shared in one Irish sport’s most iconic moments when she carried the tricolour into the ExCel Arena in London four years ago before Katie Taylor was presented with her gold medal.