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The Council of Irish Guiding Associations (Irish: Comhairle Bantreoraithe na hÉireann) is the national Guiding federation of the Republic of Ireland. Guiding in Ireland started in 1911, and Ireland became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) in 1932. The council serves 13,837 Guides (as of 2008). [1]
The Irish Girl Guides has four different age brackets: Ladybirds are girls aged 5–7; Brownies are girls aged 7–10; Guides are girls aged 10–14; Senior Branch are girls aged 14–30; Leaders are age of 18 onwards; The Ladybird Guides uniform is a red jumper, navy neckerchief, sash and woggle.
Catholic Guides of Ireland began in 1928 and thus in 2003 celebrated 75 years of Guiding in Ireland. Together with the Irish Girl Guides it forms the Council of Irish Guiding Associations. In total three Guide associations operate on the island of Ireland. The other two are Irish Girl Guides (IGG) and Girlguiding Ulster, part of Girlguiding UK ...
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts recognizes at most one Guiding organization per country. Some countries have several organizations combined as a federation, with different component groups divided on the basis of religions (France, Denmark), ethnic identification (Israel) or language (Belgium).
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, founded the first Girl Guides Association. [2] The Scout and Guide movement in Ireland are now served by a number of groups.
The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is a representative body for Irish youth organisations, [1] a role that is recognised in the 2001 Youth Work Act. [2] Currently there are 45 national youth organisations who are full member of the NYCI. [3] The National Youth Council of Ireland is a nominating body for elections to Seanad Éireann. [4]
Angela Thompson [a] (28 August 1896 – 24 November 1954) was a Girl Guide Association (GGA) executive. She was the first chair of the GGA's religious panel, and international head of camping during WWII. [2] She received the Silver Fish Award, the Girl Guiding movement's highest adult honour. [3]
Scouting portal; This category includes the national Girl Guiding and Scouting organizations within the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts as well as the national sub-federations and sub-associations, which are affiliated to a WAGGGS-member.