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4th Waterford Unit
St Joseph's
Abbeyside Scout Group
Scouting Ireland
The 4th Waterford Unit, Abbeyside Scout Group was formed in 1930 as part of the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland or CBSI as it was more commonly called. Scouting had begun in Ireland in 1908 shortly after its founding in England in 1907 by Lord Robert Baden Powell.Fr. Tom Farrell and his brother Fr. Ernest Farrell considered the possibility of establishing an association with a Catholic ethos. Some ad-hoc Catholic Troops were already operating. In 1925 Fr. Ernest wrote a series of articles in Our Boys magazine, under the nom-de-plume “Sagart”, advocating the formation of an Irish Catholic Scout association.
A Constitution was drawn up and approved by the Catholic Hierarchy in November 1926, and Fr. Tom founded the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland in 1927. The first Troops included Fr. Ernest’s own experimental group in Greystones, 1st Dublin (“Archbishop’s Own”, Fairview), “Headquarters Troop” at the University Church, St. Stephen’s Green and 2nd Dublin (St. Teresa’s, Clarendon Street).
The CBSI expanded quickly to become the largest Scout Association in Ireland, with Troops in many Catholic parishes throughout the country.
Following lengthy negotiations, the two existing associations formed the Federation of Irish Scout Associations in 1965, recognising both as fully federated members of the World Organisation. This gave CBSI members official access to all international events, which had previously been confined to members of the Boy Scouts of Ireland.During the 1990’s SAI adopted a new working title Scouting Ireland SAI, and CBSI changed its name to Scouting Ireland (CSI), both anticipating moves towards unification.In 2003 a large majority in both associations voted in favour of proposals to come together and form a new body, Gasóga na hÉireann- Scouting Ireland. This was established on 1st January 2004. The two former Associations, and the Federation, ceased to exist and Scouting Ireland became the recognised member of the World Scout Conference.
The island of Ireland is broken into areas called Provinces and each Province has Scout Counties in them which contain the Scout Groups. Abbeyside Scout Groupis part of Waterford Scout County which in turn is part of the South Eastern Province. The National Headquarters for Scouting Ireland is Larch Hill, Tibradden, Dublin 16.
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