Trinity Sports & Leisure Club & Bar

What Trinity Sports & Leisure Club & Bar does

Trinity Sports & Leisure Club & Bar is a privately-held, single-location community sports and leisure facility founded in 1985 and situated inside Father Collins Park on The Hole in the Wall Road in Donaghmede, Dublin 13, Ireland. The club operates a 25-metre swimming pool, a sports hall, and two lounge areas, serving local residents, families with children, and adult fitness seekers in the Dublin 13 catchment. Programming spans public swim sessions, children's and adult swimming lessons delivered by independent instructors (Little Sharks, Karyn, Carol Walsh, Cormorants, Adam Page, Gary Page, Miram), adult lane swimming clubs (Eastern Bay, Trinity Masters), aqua fit, Irish Water Safety life saving classes, ballet/stage school, BC Wolves basketball, Little Rays evening activities, and an in-house gym tenant (Hero's Gym).

The club's core product is facility access — the pool, sports hall, and lounge areas — augmented by a dense ecosystem of in-house clubs and instructor-led classes. The underlying technology stack is minimal: the venue is walk-in only, accepts cash for pool passes, has no mobile app, no online booking, and no e-commerce presence, with a static website bearing a 2015 copyright and contact conducted via a generic Gmail address and landline. Revenue mechanics combine pay-as-you-go facility access, transaction-based fees from independent lesson providers operating on-site, and lounge/event-hire income (darts, pool tables, party and wedding hosting). Marketing is limited to organic Facebook activity and community word-of-mouth.

The go-to-market is direct-to-consumer and hyper-local: customers are walk-in visitors, club members, or lesson participants drawn from the Donaghmede catchment. The club operates as an independent entity with no disclosed parent company, no institutional investors, no public listing, and 7 employees, indicating a micro-operator profile. Strategic activity in the available record is limited to incremental programming additions and the in-house Hero's Gym tenancy rather than geographic, digital, or capital-driven expansion.

Name

Trinity Sports & Leisure Club & Bar

Legal name

Trinity Sports & Leisure Club

Website

https://trinitysportsandleisure.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fitness & Leisure Club

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAKAEAH

Multi-Sport Complexes & Community Sports Parks

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Sports Venues & Facilities (Stadiums, Arenas, Tracks, Complexes)

SECONDARYMPAKAEAF

Aquatic Centers & Swimming Facilities

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Sports Venues & Facilities (Stadiums, Arenas, Tracks, Complexes)

Keywords

• Leisure club services
• Swimming pool access
• Sports hall hire
• Fitness membership
• Club bar hospitality

Headquarters

HQ city

Donaghmede

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Facility Access and Membership: Revenue from public swimming sessions, pool passes, and facility access fees. The club operates on a cash-only basis for pool passes.
2. Swimming and Activity Lessons: Fees collected from in-house swimming lesson providers (Little Sharks, Karyn, Carol Walsh, etc.) who operate classes at the facility. Also includes adult swimming lessons and aqua fit classes.
3. Lounge and Entertainment Services: Revenue from the two lounge areas featuring large screen sports viewing, weekend entertainment, darts, pool tables, and party hosting services including weddings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Trinity Sports & Leisure Club & Bar runs a community leisure club providing a 25-metre swimming pool, a multi-use indoor sports hall, lounge/relaxation areas, and an on-site bar. The club serves individual members and the general local community seeking fitness, recreational swimming, indoor sports participation, and social hospitality under one venue.

Product overview

Trinity Sports & Leisure Club is a leisure and sports facility opened in 1985, providing sporting and leisure amenities for the local Donaghmede catchment area in Dublin 13. The club operates as a unified facility offering three core components: a 25-metre swimming pool (supporting public swims, swimming lessons, aqua fit, life saving, and scuba diving), a sports hall (for indoor football, basketball, and keep fit classes), and two lounge areas (for sports viewing, entertainment, and event hosting including parties and wedding receptions). The club also facilitates various in-house programs including swimming lessons, aquatic clubs, ballet and stage school, and basketball through independent instructors and clubs. The club is open to non-members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hero's GymminorOthersHero's Gym is an in-house fitness facility that operates within Trinity Sports & Leisure Club premises, linked from the facilities page.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• West Wood Club: Multi-location Dublin leisure club combining a swimming pool, sports hall, gym, and lounge/social areas for local community members. Closest direct comparable in positioning, scale, and member demographic.
• Sundrive Sports Centre: Dublin community multi-sport facility in Dublin 8 offering pool, sports hall, and fitness programming to a local catchment. Closely comparable role as a neighborhood leisure hub, though located in a different part of Dublin.
• Leisureworld: Irish multi-sport leisure chain with neighborhood-club positioning including pool, sports hall, and group fitness. Directly comparable on community-leisure model and pricing tier, with broader geographic reach across Ireland.

Broad incumbents

• National Aquatic Centre (NAC): Dublin's flagship 50m aquatic and leisure facility operated by Sport Ireland. A broader incumbent with greater scale and public-sector backing that competes for the same swim and family leisure customers in greater Dublin.
• David Lloyd Clubs Ireland: Premium multi-sport operator with multiple Dublin-area clubs offering pool, racquets, sports hall, and lounge amenities. Competes for higher-income family and adult leisure share with a much more developed digital and membership stack.

Others

• Irish Water Safety: National body that already delivers the Tuesday-evening life saving classes at Trinity. Ecosystem partner that both sources programming from and lends credibility to the club's aquatic offering.
• Swim Ireland: National governing body for aquatics in Ireland. Not a direct competitor but an ecosystem participant that influences lesson standards, club affiliation, and competitive pathways for facilities like Trinity.

Emerging players

• énergie Fitness (Ireland): Franchise fitness chain with Irish locations focused on gym and group exercise, with partial overlap to Trinity's adult fitness, aqua fit, and keep-fit programming. More limited aquatic depth but increasingly digitized.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Trinity-Sports-Leisure-Club-Donaghmede
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trinity-sports-&-leisure-club-&-bar

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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