Irish gymnastics on the way up as Renmore provide a conveyor belt

Emma Slevin is one of four gymnasts who will be representing the Renmore club, Galway and Ireland at the European Championships in Munich this week

ARTIST: Ireland's Emma Slevin will be aiming high at the European Championships in Munich. Pic: Thomas Schreyer, Sportsfile

Rowing has Skibbereen, almost two-thirds of Ireland’s Olympic boxing podiums took their first step in Belfast, while Kerry and Kilkenny have been able to mint All-Ireland medals at a rate that could spawn a second industrial revolution.

Clusters of elite athletes are nothing new in Irish or global sport, but they aren’t two a penny either. Among the more recent is the conveyor belt that has produced four gymnasts for the Irish artistic women’s team that competes this week in Munich.