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As advised some time ago Annual Camp will take place in the Burren Outdoor Centre in County Clare. We are departing on Saturday 24th July and will return on Sunday 1st August.  The cost per Scout will be € 250.00 each. This covers transport, camping fees, food and all your activities which will include Kayaking, caving, rock climbing and more. We hope that as many Scouts as possible will take part as it is the highlight of the Scouting year. You can start paying off installments right away.  We will have a discussion about Camp at this weeks meeting to answer any questions. We have prepared a couple of  answers to save you asking the questions.  (A) yes the weather will be great (B) No, we are not staying in a hotel,  we are camping. (C) No, You and your best friend cannot have a whole tent to yourselves,

We will have an information notice to bring home on Thursday,  see you all then

The Leaders

Troop meeting this Thursday at 7pm sharp. Uniforms not required this week,  just wear your neckerchief. We are going out for the evening (weather permitting ) so dont be late or we will be gone. May be a little late coming back so mention it to your parents. 

see you Thursday

The Leaders

Hi everyone, hope you are keeping well.  Our Scouts who attended the County fun weekend had a great time, thanks to the other section Leaders who looked after them. Also a big thank you to the Leaders who organised the weekend, the reports are that it was a very well organised event.

Troop meeting as usual this Thursday 13th May, 7pm sharp, full and perfect uniform expected. 

See you all then.

The Leaders

What a weekend that was!!!!  To all of you that came on the weekend a big thank you for a most enjoyable time. You were all fantastic, full of enthusiasm, full of energy and perfectly behaved. We have no doubt that we would have made the summit of  Carrantoohil if it were not for the dangerously high winds at the ridge above the Devils ladder. Safety was and will always be the determining factor in everything  we do. You guys did manage to get to a height of 1001 metres ( 3286 feet) that was an excellent achievement and i think when you all looked up and saw the distance you had travelled a sense of pride replaced any disappointment. You also cycled approx 12 kilometres around the Killarney national park on the Saturday afternoon after little or no sleep on the Friday night.  Well done to all of you, particularly Sam who chose one of the toughest hikes in Ireland to be his first!!! 

Enjoy the pictures, more will follow, if you have any you would like included contact one of the leaders.

see you all Thursday

The Leaders

The time has arrived, We have been telling you about this for some time, so this weekend we will  be attempting to climb Carrantuohill.

We will be staying in the Killarney International Youth Hostel on Friday 30th of April until Monday 3rd of May.

The cost is  €60 each, this covers Accomodation , food and transport. 

The plan is to meet at the hall on Friday night at 07.30, we will be heading off shortly afterwards so dont be late.

It will be a late arrival into our Hostel on Friday night and everyone will be going  straight to bed,  so make sure you have your dinner before you leave.

The hostel is really good and it has loads of woods for wide games and the like. Check it out here.

Saturday will be a relaxing day viewing the sights of Killarney and planning our hike.

Sunday will be an early rise because     

the plan is to climb this >>>

Weather permitting. [and not from this particular side either]

We also hope to do some lightweight camping in the Hags Glenn as part of it – again weather permitting.

So hopefully we can get a group picture similar to this  >>>>>

Plan is to be home Monday early afternoon.

We need to know as soon as possible how many Scouts are going so please let either Lisa or Shay know whether ornot you are coming with us.

Gear list will follow shortly.

Troop Meeting this Thrsday as normal

see you all the Leaders

Hi everyone, just a few words to say many thanks to all of you,  and your families for the cards and messages about my Dad. To all of you that attended the funeral, a special thank you, it was really nice to see you all there. Looking forward to seeing you all next Thursday.

Shay

Dont forget we are going to Kerry for the Bank Holiday weekend, we will put the details up in the next day or so. The cost will be EU 60 each.

Hi All, hope you are all enjoying your Easter holidays. Reminder there is no Troop Meeting this Thursday 01st April, or next Thursday 8th April,  There is a Scout troop from Belgium staying in our den so it is unavailable.  There will be a hike to Glendalough with the Belgian Scouts on Sunday 11th April, it wil be limited to about 15 Scouts from Raven Troop due to transport limitations, so if you want to go leave a message saying so. 

Well done to our Team which entered  the County Shield competition last weekend, while they did not win they performed excellently, a big thank you to all of them for giving up their time. 

hope you all have a great  Easter 

The Leaders