Irish Scout Jamboree
Irish large-scale youth event
Scouting in Ireland has hosted many jamborees and jamborettes since Scouting started there in 1908.
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Cancelled jamborees
2001: Causeway 2001 was planned by The Scout Association to be held in County Antrim. It was cancelled due to the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease after extensive preparations took place.
2013: Scouting Ireland's second jamboree was planned for 2013 in Stradbally Hall, home of the Electric Picnic music festival, in Stradbally County Laois. Deirdre Butler was the Camp Chief and in April 2013 Jamboree 2013 was cancelled due to lack of bookings.
Ballyfin '93
Ballyfin '93 took place in the grounds of Ballyfin College, County Laois, between 27 July and 5 August 1993. It was hosted by the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland, with the support and assistance of Scouting Ireland SAI and the Scout Association in Northern Ireland (a branch of the Scout Association in the UK). It was the third of four such jamborees rotated among the three Scout Associations in Ireland. Portumna '85, and Gosford '89 preceded it, while it was followed by Lough Dan '97. The jamboree song "The Spirit Lives On" was a version of that used for the 15th World Scout Jamboree in Canada in 1983.
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