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3 unusual facts about Scouting Ireland S.A.I.


Scouting Ireland S.A.I.

The site remains a part of Scouting Ireland's national campsite network alongside Larch Hill, Mount Melleray, Killaloe National Scout Water Activity Centre and Castle Saunderson.

Formed in 1908, the association operated for ninety-six years before merging with the former Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland in 2004 to form Scouting Ireland.

Scouting in Ireland from this point forward would be overseen by the unified Scouting Ireland.


Scouting Ireland

The earliest known Scouting event in Ireland took place in the Phoenix Park in 1908 with members of the Dublin City Boy Scouts (later Scouting Ireland S.A.I.) taking part.


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