Public Swimming Pool

brianregan09

Hey I'm looking for a swimming pool open to the public for myself and my partner , would rather a pay as you go, also would rather not use UL as I work nearby

Where would be the best place to go ?

Sal Butamol

brianregan09 wrote: »

Hey I'm looking for a swimming pool open to the public for myself and my partner , would rather a pay as you go, also would rather not use UL as I work nearby

Where would be the best place to go ?

Grove Island

panda100

Grove island and UL are the only public swimming pools near the city. Then there is Askeaton pool out in the county. Think that's it then.

bigpink

It’s a joke Sporting Limerick has no public pool

badboyblast

bigpink wrote: »

It’s a joke Sporting Limerick has no public pool

Where's sporting limerick?

panda100

badboyblast wrote: »

Where's sporting limerick?

It's meant to be all around us! It's sad to see the demise of public swimming area's in Limerick especially considering our rich history of swimming. Up until the early 20th Century we had these amazing turkish baths all over the city with some of the finest building you would ever see. All knocked unfortunately. Similarly, open water swimming area's such as Corbally Baths and Ennis Road pool despite being very well used by locals were all demolished. Aside from UL which really has fantastic sporting facilities, Sporting Limerick is all about a few elite male rugby players.

Cookiemunster

panda100 wrote: »

It's meant to be all around us! It's sad to see the demise of public swimming area's in Limerick especially considering our rich history of swimming. Up until the early 20th Century we had these amazing turkish baths all over the city with some of the finest building you would ever see. All knocked unfortunately. Similarly, open water swimming area's such as Corbally Baths and Ennis Road pool despite being very well used by locals were all demolished. Aside from UL which really has fantastic sporting facilities, Sporting Limerick is all about a few elite male rugby players.

This BS again. Did you see the name emblazoned across the hurlers jerseys? Do you know who owns and runs the Markets Field? You really need to get over your hatred of Munster rugby.

panda100

Cookiemunster wrote: »

This BS again. Did you see the name emblazoned across the hurlers jerseys? Do you know who owns and runs the Markets Field? You really need to get over your hatred of Munster rugby.

I don't hate Munster Rugby at all. I support them as I do the hurlers and footballers but the extent of their influence in Limerick for what they do does annoy me I will admit. Not into soccer so I haven't a clue who runs the Market fields? GAA is a national sport and played all over Ireland it's certainly not unique to Limerick. Aside from Thomond Park I don't see what genuinely identifies Limerick as a sporting city?

By the way I am talking about Sporting Limerick as a concept not JP Mc Manus sponsorship.

Cookiemunster

panda100 wrote: »

I don't hate Munster Rugby at all. I support them as I do the hurlers and footballers but the extent of their influence in Limerick for what they do does annoy me I will admit. Not into soccer so I haven't a clue who runs the Market fields? GAA is a national sport and played all over Ireland it's certainly not unique to Limerick. Aside from Thomond Park I don't see what genuinely identifies Limerick as a sporting city?

By the way I am talking about Sporting Limerick as a concept not JP Mc Manus sponsorship.

Rugby in Limerick is about a lot more than the Munster team. There are 9 rugby clubs in and around the city, 6 of whom play in the All Ireland League. A name which points out that rugby, just like GAA, is a national sport played both North and South of the border and is not unique to Limerick either. You should educate yourself a bit before commenting on rugby.

And the reason you see and hear more about rugby is because they're a high profile professional sports team. There aren't many of them in Ireland so they're going to get a lot of coverage.

fryup

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Grove Island

is grove island clean?? changing rooms etc? athlete's foot and all that?

i presume the pool is heated?

mitresize5

bigpink wrote: »

It’s a joke Sporting Limerick has no public pool

hilarious - no public pool besides having one of only two 50 metre pools in the country that is open to the public for 15 hours a day monday to Friday and 10 hours a day at the weekends

Mc Love

Used to have Roxboro and Enda's in the city too.

Poxyshamrock

Mc Love wrote: »

Used to have Roxboro and Enda's in the city too.

It’s a pity there are no publicly owned pools anymore. Still a few in Cork and Dublin. Great memories of both Roxboro and Enda’s.

Cookiemunster

Enda's pool is still there, although after being closed for 6-7 years it would probably need a huge cash injection to reopen it. The fact that they closed the pool because issues with the sports hall was disgraceful.

bigpink

A public pool run keep the cost to the public down
How much is swim in UL?

zulutango

It would be great if there was a running track in the city too. LPYMA is the obvious location.

zulutango

Cookiemunster wrote: »

There are 9 rugby clubs in and around the city, 6 of whom play in the All Ireland League. A name which points out that rugby, just like GAA, is a national sport played both North and South of the border and is not unique to Limerick either.

Most sports are organised on a 32 county basis. Soccer is the exception.

sioda

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Enda's pool is still there, although after being closed for 6-7 years it would probably need a huge cash injection to reopen it. The fact that they closed the pool because issues with the sports hall was disgraceful.

Didn't they fill in the pool in Endas?

Cookiemunster

sioda wrote: »

Didn't they fill in the pool in Endas?

They may have, but I can't see through the walls ;-)

brianregan09

7.50 pay as you go in UL and Grove Island, its a pity you're limited to those 2 as Grove Island is the opposite side of the city to me and I work in UL so not really a fan of running into the same people I see every day on my off time

OfTheMarsWongs

Mc Love wrote: »

Used to have Roxboro and Enda's in the city too.

And the open air one on the Ennis Road.

bigpink

7.50 is very expensive

Mc Love

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

And the open air one on the Ennis Road.

I never visited that in my childhood

brianregan09

It isn't when you start looking at the membership prices of some of the same places, extortionate

martyc5674

What about bawnmore?... it’s still open and used regularly by schools and I know they did aqua aerobics there not long ago. It’s years since I was there so I can’t quite remember what size it was.
Marty.

brianregan09

I think bawnmore is only lessons and things like that no public swimming , I'm just going to use UL

pigtown

UL are currently upgrading the 50 metre pool. It should be finished in a few weeks but only the small pool is open at the moment, and at that it's closed at certain times for classes and club use.

YFlyer

brianregan09 wrote: »

7.50 pay as you go in UL and Grove Island, its a pity you're limited to those 2 as Grove Island is the opposite side of the city to me and I work in UL so not really a fan of running into the same people I see every day on my off time

Lol who cares.

YFlyer

zulutango wrote: »

It would be great if there was a running track in the city too. LPYMA is the obvious location.

LPYMA may only been a grass track. Saying that as someone who trained under Willie Logan.