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Eyre Powell is located in Newbridge, OFFALY . Kildare is just west of in the province of . This centre houses families and single people. COUNTY KILDARE

Centre Manager: David Kiely Public Health Nurse: Suzanne Kennedy Community Welfare Officer: Terry Conroy

Jesuit Refugee Service LOCAL SERVICES

PUBLIC SERVICES

Social Welfare Citizen’s Information Service Moorefield Rd, Kilbelin, Station Road, Parish Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare Newbridge, Co. Kildare Phone: 045491500 Phone: 0761078300

VOLUNTEERING AND EDUCATION

Kildare Volunteer Centre Newbridge Further Education and Eyre St, Piercetown, Training Centre Newbridge, Co. Kildare 2nd Floor, Áras Sláinte, Station Road, Phone: 045449156 Newbridge, Co Kildare Phone: 045866314 Newbridge Library Athgarvan Rd, Piercetown, Newbridge, Co. Kildare Phone: 045448353

SUPPORT GROUPS

Sunrise LGBT Women’s Group Phone: 0857409988 Newbridge Family Resource Centre Email: [email protected] Dara Park, Newbridge,Co. Kildare www.facebook.com/sunrise.lgbt.kildare/ Website: www.newbridgefrc.ie Phone: 045438173 Kildare Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Youth Group (KLGBT) Phone: 0872564539 (Contact Lisa) Email: [email protected]

National LGBT Support Line 1890 929 539 CHILD AND FAMILY

Newbridge Family Resource Centre For information on schools in the area Dara Park, Newbridge,Co. Kildare visit: Website: www.newbridgefrc.ie www.education.ie/en/find-a-school Phone: 045438173

SPORTS CLUBS

Newbridge Athletic Club Sarsfield GAA Club http://www.newbridgeac.com/contact-us/ http://sarsfieldsgaanewbridge.ie/ Newbridge Town FC (Football) http://www.newbridgetownfc.com/

FURTHER RESOURCES www.kildare.ie http://www.newbridgetidytowns.com/ Newbridge in Co. Kildare

Newbridge is a town locted in County Kildare. Its population of over 22 thousand makes it the largest town in Kildare and the fifteenth-largest in Ireland. The name of the town is the official name, “An Droichead Nua”, meaning simply “The New Bridge” and was introduced in the 1930s.

The town is located on the banks of the , which provides a range of natural amenities. Today Newbridge is a thriving town, a major centre for industry and commerce, within the South Kildare region. The town has excellent rail links to most areas of Ireland.

Newbridge is famous for being the home of ‘Newbridge Silverware’ and the silverware factory in the town, which is still operational, now contains a museum.

Liffey Linear Park is a popular spot in Newbridge due to the wildlife, including otters and swans, as well as a wildflower meadow.

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