swimming pools around the ncd area?

29-04-2011 01:59AM #1

Hey guys, I live in Balbriggan and would like to take up swimming one evening a week. I can't seem to find any public pools, or even gyms with public sessions, around the area. I want to go to adult only sessions obviously. I'm not a good swimmer, in fact pretty awful, and I don't need a kid jumping onto my head while I struggle to leave the shallow end!

Anyone got any recommendations?

Posher · 29-04-2011 08:11AM

I go to Aura Leisure Centre which is a quick spin up the motorway in Drogheda.

http://www.auraleisure.ie/drogheda

You don't have to be a member and a pay as you go swim is reasonable at €6 for an adult and child under 3. I'm not sure what it is for an adult alone - I usually have my kids with me.

cathy01 · 29-04-2011 08:11AM

Portmarnock has a pool, or trinity sports in donaghmede .Allsa ,spelt wrong, at the airport.HTH,Cathy

eddiem74 · 29-04-2011 10:37AM

I believe there is swimming lessons run from Gormanston college. You could contact them for details/information.

http://www.gormanstoncollege.ie/contact.html

Please post back any information if you do as it might be of interest to others.

sNarah · 29-04-2011 11:51AM

Gap gormantown and drogheda are open to the public.
NAQ is Blanch is really good too.

There should be a swimming pool opening in Balrothery at some point but I think it's been on hold now... Would go in with with the cricket club.

30-04-2011 01:05PM

Thanks guys! Plenty to consider here!

Mitch Buchannon · 30-04-2011 02:07PM

Does anyone here remember the swimming pool in Rush ? Thats where I learnt to swim. I would never let go of the bar along the side. Dad would coax me to him and then he would throw me into the centre of the pool :eek:. Having no option I would doggy paddle back to the side.. gripping the bar for dear life. 5 or 10 min later (once I had calmed down) he would do the same again.

sgarvan · 01-05-2011 09:12AM

Mitch Buchannon wrote: »

Does anyone here remember the swimming pool in Rush ? Thats where I learnt to swim. I would never let go of the bar along the side. Dad would coax me to him and then he would throw me into the centre of the pool :eek:. Having no option I would doggy paddle back to the side.. gripping the bar for dear life. 5 or 10 min later (once I had calmed down) he would do the same again.

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rccaulfield · 01-05-2011 10:29PM

The closest one is in a hotel in Bettystown- name eludes me atm!

swimming pools around the ncd area?

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