Scouting and Guiding in Ireland began six months after
Baden Powell Baden-Powell () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Baden-Powell
* The Rev. Prof. Baden Powell (mathematician) (1796–1860), mathematician, clergyman and liberal theologian.
By his first marriage father of:
:* Baden Henry Powell ...
founded the first Scouts' association near the
Isle of Wight,
England.
The first
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking ...
groups in Ireland were founded in
Dublin and
Dundalk. These were both established near British Army bases which resulted in Catholic boys not joining these groups. A Catholic Scouting group was set up by Tom Farrell, a
curate
A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...
, in 1927.
The first Guiding group was established in Ireland in 1911 in
Harold's Cross in
Dublin, a year after Powell's sister,
Agnes Baden-Powell
Agnes Smyth Baden-Powell (16 December 1858 – 2 June 1945) was the younger sister of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and was most noted for her work in establishing the Girl Guide movement as a female counterpart to her older bro ...
, founded the first
Girl Guides Association.
The Scout and Guide movement in Ireland are now served by a number of groups.
Scouting
*
Scouting Ireland, the
World Organization of the Scout Movement recognized Scouting association of the
Republic of Ireland. They also operate in
Northern Ireland
*
The Scout Association, recognized Scouting association in the United Kingdom operating only in Northern Ireland
*
Baden-Powell Scouts' Association, member of the
World Federation of Independent Scouts operating in Northern Ireland
Guiding
* the
Council of Irish Guiding Associations, member of the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, a federation consisting of:
** the
Catholic Guides of Ireland, an all island association
** the
Irish Girl Guides only serving the Republic of Ireland
*
Girlguiding Ulster, a branch of
Girlguiding UK operates only in Northern Ireland
References
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