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Kids swimming lessons in North Kildare?

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  • 02-08-2009 3:44pm
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    madds
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    Looking to send my 5 y/o son to swimming lessons very soon. Can anyone recommend/advise the options in North Kildare or within 20 minutes of Leixlip?


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    Tallon
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    Here in edenderry, 32 mins from leixlip

    http://www.edenderryswimmingpool.ie/


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    gra26
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    NUI Maynooth. They're brilliant, I've my 7 year old there. Classes start again in sept. 100 for 10 lessons. Can't recommend them highly enough, really fantastic with kids I found.

    http://sports.nuim.ie/facilities/swimmingpool.shtml


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    madds
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    Thanks folks...will check out what NUIM have to offer first as that's just up the road from me.


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    Rob67
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    St Raphaels in Celbridge (St John of God school) run 10 weeks of lessons for €55, it can be hard to get a place there though. My three have all been taught to swim there and my eldest is starting his last year of life saving, all of which he has learnt there. Excellent instructors you can contact Michael at the pool on Thursday nights, Saturday and Sunday mornings or ring him on his mobile, the number for which I can send as a pm if required.


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    ytareh
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    So what age would you recommend starting them off at -I have a 3 year old little girl...too young?When me and the wife took her into a private pool at a guest house last year she screamed and cried non stop...!


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    Moonbeam
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    Are there any baby swim classes around Maynooth.


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    acmj2007
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    NUI has a great reputation for swim lessons


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    the_syco
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    Moonbeam wrote: »
    Are there any baby swim classes around Maynooth.
    A long time ago (yeah, I'm talking maybe 20 years ago), St. Raphael's School in Celbridge did lessons. They still do lessons. The pool there from memory is very shallow (due to the schools population) and great for kids to learn in.

    http://www.swimireland.ie/index.cfm/loc/6-1-14/articleId/2DF69493-A7FF-7B03-6545FB19A8B29801

    Another place is Kings Hostipal, who also do lessons for kids from 5 years and up, me thinks. Not as shallow, but the kids there have a great time there (I thought the very little ones for a year)

    http://www.swimireland.ie/index.cfm/search/kings%20hospital/loc/6-1-13/articleId/2E3C154D-CF98-E7FA-88F443F15EBE3865.htm

    Any questions, ask. I swam when I was very young in St. Raphael's before moving onto Kings because St. Raphael's was too shallow for me. In Kings Hospital, they will start off teaching you to swim, all the way up to becoming a lifeguard, if you wish (was taught in Kings for over 10 years). Hard to get a place in both. In Kings, you only get in, when someone leaves, as such, and there is meant to be a long waiting list.


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