Most parents know just how important a good swimming pool facility is on a family holiday. 
 
Such a simple thing, but a pool can give the kids hours of joy and is a brilliant back-up to rainy days while away from home. 
 
Here are some of the best places to stay in Ireland with a swimming pool. 
 
1. Mulranny Park Hotel, Mayo
This Mayo hotel has a host of leisure facilities including a 20 metre indoor heated swimming pool with a jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, plunge pool, outdoor Canadian hot tub and fully equipped gymnasium. The hotel offers swimming lessons, lifesaving courses, aqua aerobics and many other courses. They also offer a family friendly deal for two adults and up to two children for €20.
 
2. Seafield Hotel, Wexford
Seafield is little more than an hour away from Dublin, on the sands of Ballymoney shore. The hotel's award-winning Oceo Spa is a lovely way for mum to spend the afternoon, and the 16-metre hydrotherapy pool, and outdoor vitality pool are also free for the whole family to enjoy.  
 
3. The Connacht Hotel, Galway
The Connacht Hotel pool has a beautiful Grecian surrounding, with marble pillars and elegant statues perched throughout, to add a splash of relaxation to your hotel holiday break. In addition to their 20m swimming pool, they also have a jacuzzi, steam room and sauna.
 
4. Maldron Hotel, Dublin
The Maldron hotel in Dublin, as well as Portlaoise, Galway, Wexford, Cork and Limerick are all equipped with indoor heated swimming pools. You can enjoy a great afternoon in the pool with the kids, especially if it is a wet day outside. The pools are suitable for all levels of swimmers with a number of the pools catering for smaller children with kiddie’s pools. 
 
5. The Ardilaun Hotel, Galway
The Ardilaun Hotel has an 18 metre heated pool with kiddie's pool, sauna and steam room, jacuzzi, techno gym with free weight section and 5 flat screen TV’s along with state of the art sound system.
 
6. The Osprey Hotel, Kildare
The Osprey Complex is only 35 minutes from Dublin City, with easy access to the M50 motorway. During your stay at the four star hotel, you will be able to enjoy the use of the health and leisure facilities including a separate kiddie’s pool. 
 
7. Treacy's Hotel, Spa & Leisure Centre, Waterford
When you stay in Treacys family run hotel, you have full access to Spirit Leisure Centre’s 20m swimming pool and thermal suite. The swimming pool is flat bottomed and only 4ft deep throughout with a graduated stepped entrance, which makes it great for kids. 
 
8. The Maritime Hotel, Cork
The apartment-style Bantry bay luxury suites offer families flexible arrangements and the extra space needed. If you are looking for a child friendly hotel in Ireland with a swimming pool and a leisure centre, Club Maritime offers fun excitement and enjoyment for the whole family. This state-of-the-art club located in Bantry, West Cork is for the exclusive use of members and hotel guests and features a large swimming pool, children's pool, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and gym.
 
9. Holyrood Hotel, Donegal
The Holyrood Hotel a family friendly hotel on the main street of Bundoran in Co Donegal, just a few minutes’ walk from the Blue Flag Beach. The leisure club and spa offers free entry to all guests, and includes a bubble pool for children and an air-conditioned gym with 30 work-out stations with gym machines. The kids will love the sandy beaches that are renowned for their body boarding and surfing, yet still very safe and clean.
 
10. Trabolgan Village, Cork
Trabolgan is not only a great holiday destination, it has also established itself as one of Ireland's most popular day-trip destinations for families, and school tours. No trip to Trabolgan Holiday Village is complete without a visit to the indoor sub-tropical swimming pool complex with panoramic views of the Atlantic and wave machine. 
 
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