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Eyre Powell in

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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 LOCAL SERVICES

PUBLIC SERVICES

Social Welfare Office (Intreo Centre) Citizens Information Centre Moorefield Rd, Kilbelin, Cutlery Road, Newbridge, Co. Kildare Newbridge, Co. Kildare Phone: 076 107 8300 Phone: 045 491 500 Email: [email protected]

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: 045 449 156 Newbridge, Co Kildare Phone: 045 448 512 Newbridge Library Website: http://kildarewicklow.etb.ie/ Athgarvan Rd, Piercetown, Newbridge, Co. Kildare Phone: 045 906 130

SUPPORT GROUPS

Sunrise LGBT Women’s Group Email: [email protected] Newbridge Family Resource Centre www.facebook.com/sunrise.lgbt.kildare/ Dara Park, Newbridge,Co. Kildare Website: www.newbridgefrc.ie Kildare Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Phone: 045 438 173 Transgender Youth Group (KLGBT) Phone: 087 256 4539 Aware Email: [email protected] Mental health support Freephone: 1800 80 48 48

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: 045 438 173

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

The Community Welfare Officer can be contacted through the local Intreo Centre.

The Public Health Nurse can be contacted through the local Health Centre: Kildare/West Wicklow Local Health Office, St. Mary’s, Craddockstown Road, (adjacent To Naas General Hospital), Co. Kildare Phone: 045 873 200 Newbridge, Co. Kildare

Newbridge is a town in County Kildare. Its population of over 22 thousand makes it the largest town in Kildare and the fifteenth-largest in . 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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