SPECTRE 2025

Air activities themed event for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Ventures and Rovers. Scouting Ireland in partnership with the Irish Air Corps are running SPECTRE 2025.

Where did the Easter Bunny come from?

one theory holds that the rabbit, and the name ‘Easter’, both stem from the pagan festival of Eostre – a goddess of fertility whose symbol was a bunny.

A Brief History of Scouting

When Robert Baden-Powell publsihed “Scouting for Boys” in January 1908, boys all over Britain and Ireland began to meet in “Patrols” to try out the various activities. B-P never intended to start a new separate Movement; rather it was the boys of the world who started Scouting, as we know it today.