Dublin Swimming Pools
If you fancy having a wee dip in some cool water in Dublin, here are a few ideas of where you can do it.
Here are the public swimming pools run by Dublin City Council:
Markiewicz Swimming Pool,
Townsend St.,
Dublin 2.
Tel.: 01- 672 9121
Find Out the swimming pool's timetable of the Pools.
Rathmines Pool,
Rathmines Road Lr.,
Dublin 6.
Tel.: 01-4961275
Sean Dunne Pool,
Black Ditch Rd.,
Ballyfermot,
Dublin 10.
Tel.: 01- 626 6504
Crumlin Swimming Pool,
Pearse Park
Windmill Road,
Crumlin
Dublin 12.
Tel.: 01-455 5792
Find Out the swimming pool's timetable of the Pools.
Sean McDermott Street Pool,
Sean McDermott Street,
Dublin 1.
Tel.: 01-8720752
Find Out the swimming pool's timetable of the Pools.
Ballymun Swimming Pool,
Ballymun Leisure Centre
Ballymun Town Centre,
Dublin 11.
Tel.: 01- 862 3510
Find Out the swimming pool's timetable of the Pools.
Coolock Pool,
Northside Shopping Centre,
Coolock,
Dublin 17.
Tel.: 01-847 7743
Find Out the swimming pool's timetable of the Pools.
It costs €3.60 for adults, €1.80 for kids, €7.50 for Family Tickets, €28 for an adult 10-swim ticket, and €13 for a juvenile 10-swim. To join for a year, it's €65 for adults and €50 for kids. In any of these pools,
swimming hats must be worn, under-18s must be supervised and infants under-2 must wear an aqua-nappy. Charges are higher at the Markievicz Sports Centre. There's a new Leisure Centre with a pool being built on the site of the old pool in Finglas at Mellowes Park.
It's expected to open in November 2003.
There are commercial pools like the Mespil at Leeson Street Bridge and here's the list:
Clondalkin Sports & Leisure Centre
Nangor rd.,
Clondalkin,
Dublin 22.
Tel: (01) 4574858
Coolmine Sports & Leisure Centre,
Clonsilla,
Dublin 15.
Tel: (01) 8214549
De Paul Swimming Pool
Navan rd.,
Dublin 7.
Tel: (01) 8384906
Glenalbyn Swimming Pool
Glenalbyn House.,
Stillorgan,
Co. Dublin.
Tel: (01) 2881502
Mespil Swimming Pool,
Sussex rd.,
Dublin 4.
Tel: (01) 6684626
Oasis Swimming Pool,
River Court,
17/19 Rogersons quay,
Dublin 2.
Tel: (01) 6709778
St Paul's Swimming Pool,
Sybil Hill,
Raheny,
Dublin 5.
Tel: (01) 8314011
St Teresa's Swimming Pool,
Parnell Rd.,
Dublin 12
Tel: (01) 4539342
There are also various small pools in Hotel Leisure Centres and of course, on the nice day, a bit of sea swimming can be a refreshingly brisk alternative. The Forty Foot is an attractive point (south of Dun Laoghaire) to jump into the drink.
It's manned during daylight hours by wizened old locals who accept donations into their biscuit tin, but if you're a tight-fisted git, they mightn't alert anyone as you're sucked out to sea. On a more serious note, the currents can indeed be strong,
so unless you're a very strong swimmer, don't go out on your own and don't go beyond the rock. Always remember that the further you swim out, the further you have to swim back!
