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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.
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]
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 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
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).
Catholic Guides of Ireland [29] Cygnet Guides 5 to 6 years Brigin Guides 6 to 11 years Guides 10 to 14 years Rangers 14 to 17 years Irish Girl Guides [30] Ladybirds 5 to 7 years Brownies 6 1 ⁄ 2 to 11 years Guides 10 1 ⁄ 2 to 15 years Senior Branch 14 1 ⁄ 2 to 21 years Scouting Ireland [31] Beaver Scouts 6 to 8 years Cub Scouts (Macaoimh ...
Princess Mary and Girl Guides, 1922. Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell was a British soldier during the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa (1899–1902). He was the commander during the Siege of Mafeking, and noted during the siege how young boys made themselves useful by carrying messages for the soldiers.
A Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. Robert Baden-Powell chose to name his organization for girls "the Girl Guides". In the United States and several East Asian countries the term "Girl Scout" is used instead.