Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre

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Facility Overview

Facility Name
Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre
Address
Sport Ireland Campus, Snugborough Road, Blanchardstown
Dublin, County Dublin D15 EPN4
IRELAND
Telephone
(01) 646 4300

Adult Admission Price & Policy

Drop-in/Casual
Off-peak times (weekdays from 10 AM to noon): €6.50; Senior Citizens €5.50. All other times: €8.00; Senior Citizens €6.50. [November, 2023]
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Full-Size, Year-Round Pools & Boards

Pool 1
50m x 25m, 10 lanes, 2.4m maximum depth with two moveable floor sections, and two booms allowing the pool to be divided into three separate 25m tanks, indoors, 27º - 28ºC (81º - 82ºF).
Pool 2
25m x 16.5m, 6 lanes, 0m - 5m adjustable depth diving tank, indoors, 27º - 28ºC (81º - 82ºF).
Diving
Two 1m diving boards, two 3m diving boards, and 1m, 3m, 5m, 7.5m, and 10m diving platforms.

Location

County/Region
County Dublin
GPS
53.396981, -6.370133

Teams That Use This Facility

Masters Swim
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Triathlon
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Youth Swim
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Water Polo
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SCUBA
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Facility Notes

In addition to the main competition and diving pools, the €63 million facility has a large, free-form leisure pool, with three flumes, a "master blaster", flow rider, lazy river, and children's pool.

Facility Reviews

The facilities are quite good. The public areas are spacious; the staff are courteous and friendly. The competition pool is little used and is divided into lane swim and play areas. The diving pool has open diving time on weekends.
Excellent facility. The pool is very clean, bright, and airy. Locks with wristbands are provided - bring a €1 coin to activate the lock, it is refunded when you reinsert the key. Bring your own towel, soap and shampoo. Locker rooms are spacious and clean but Spartan.
I swam here at four different times over the course of a week and each time it was good - I had a lane to myself most of the time. The water was good; slow, medium and fast lanes were indicated. And, while the staff didn't tell a slow swimmer to change lanes, another swimmer did. Definitely a better standard of swimmer here than in many other pools I have swum in.

The changing rooms were clean, €1 for a locker, showers were average.

The only downside was that lane ropes for the public were ropes with floats. The youth squads had proper lane ropes. Check the timetable to find when 50m and 25m lanes are available.
[January, 2015]