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Scouting - An Outline History
In 1907 Major General Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell) took twenty boys on camp to Brownsea Island, near Poole Harbour, Dorset. He was trying out an idea that had grown in his mind over many years. At Brownsea Island he saw that his idea of Scouting worked and in 1908 he published ''Scouting for Boys'' in fortnightly parts. At once all over England, boys took up the idea and formed their own Patrols. Then, find that they needed help, they asked grown-ups to give a hand, so Scouts Association was founded in 1908.
Because Royal Charter protected this Association, no other Scout group could be started in Ireland until we got our independence. Though a few individual Catholic Scout groups existed earlier, it was not until 1927 that the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland (Now called Scouting Ireland CSI) was founded by Father Tom Farrell.
The Early Days of C.B.S.I
For many years two Dublin priests, Fr. Tom J. Farrell, and Fr. Ernest R. Farrell, had been aware of the pressing need for an organisation for boys of the Catholic faith. These priests had long lived and worked in the heart of Dublin, and the sight of boys in endeavouring to play their games amidst the smoke and grime of the city caused them to action. They studied the youth question deeply and in their study their attention was drawn to Scouting as practised abroad. They noticed that in other countries the Church had taken up the idea of Scouting and had cultivated it in a Catholic atmosphere and that the result was excellent.
It was in Greystones Co. Wicklow that Father Ernest first went into action as founder and chaplain of a boy's organisation carrying out hiking, drill and other activities of a Scouting nature. This was in the 1925 period. Also under the nom-de-plume " Sagart " he wrote a series of articles in Our Boys, the popular magazine published by the Christian Brothers, advocating the formation of an official Catholic Scout organisation.
But long months of study and work were necessary before the movement as we know it was ready to be launched in Ireland.
Fr. Tom Farrell was at this time a curate in the Pro-Cathedral, Marlborough Street (the City Centre). He watched his brother's Greystones experiment with interest.
Every detail had to be checked up and acre was always taken that Catholic teaching gave it life that would make it suitable for Irish boys. (The full story of these early days has never been told. If it were told it would prove and inspiration to us whenever we feel tired. Did we but know the unshakeable determination of these priest in the face of difficulties and the amount of grinding work which they got through, we would get courage for fresh efforts.)
Finally, the Constitution was drawn up and presented to the Hierarchy for examination the sanction and blessing of the Bishops of Ireland was given in November 1926 he was ready for it.
Slowly at first it was set on the way for its founders were anxious that no premature expansion should spoil it. But soon the news of the success of the first Troops spread and inquiries flowed in from every quarter of Ireland. Machinery was for organisation, registration and supply of uniforms from a Central Office, and National Headquarters, came into being. The two founders were appointed National Chaplain and National Secretary and an executive Board were formed to discuss matters of policy and management. Regional Councils were set up to organise the affairs of each region and appoint regional commissioners and other necessary officers. The growth, as time went on, was truly astounding: it was the sure proof that the material was there all the time and that the boys of Ireland needed a movement such as this.
The First Chief
At an early stage Mr. John O'Neill, a leading motor works proprietor who had been associated with Fr. Ernest's Greystones venture, became Chief Scout. He did much useful work but unfortunately few records of his term of office survive. He was a former member of Seanad Eireann.
It was Fr. Tom who took the initiative. He personally negotiated with uniform manufacturers and he stored uniforms for years at the Marlborough St. presbytery. He set up the first " national committee ", although it could be claimed with some truth that Fr. Ernest took more of the initiative here and that this forerunner of the National Executive Board Fr. Tom kept up constant contact with the hierarchy, and with the Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites, Passionists, Jesuits, Capuchins and other religious houses, all of which started C.B.S.I. troops in Dublin at a very early period.
Fr. Tom was a most kindly man, beloved by all that knew him. He was a boy at heart and really loved his contacts with the boys. Fr. Ernest was austere and distant and not able to come down to the level of the Scouts with whom he was associated (although we must be grateful to him for his wonderful pioneering work). Fr. Tom was the idol of many, and was a great mixer. In 1929 he felt he should acquire a greater grasp on the practicalities of Scouting and Leadership, so he enlisted for a training course at Gilwell Park London, every moment of which he enjoyed. His photograph and name are still to be seen there.
As well as being founder he served as National Secretary (an unusual position for a priest) of the C.B.S.I . for no less than fourteen years, until his premature and widely mourned death as P.P. of Dolphin's Barn in 1940 . It can truthfully be said that he was our greatest seed-sower.
Catholic Emancipation Celebrations
Hardly had the young Organisation found its feet when it received its first test. In 1929 the Catholic Emancipation Celebrations were held in Dublin, and the people of Ireland flocked to the Capital in thousands. Scouts were called for many duties. It was a truly colossal task to undertake the stewarding of such crowds, but the officers knew that the discipline of the boys were well equal to all calls, and that having learning to control themselves they were well qualified to control others. Visitors were amazed to see the young boys directing traffic and treating injured persons with calm assurance. They had been tried and had not been found wanting.
That year, too, many Scouts travelled to Lourdes. There they had an opportunity of meeting members of a kindred Catholic Scout Organisation, Les Scouts de France, and many lasting friendships were made.
The Eucharistic Congress
The ensuing years brought bigger numbers and more Troops, and in 1932 came the biggest Scout assignment. The Eucharistic Congress Celebrations were on a scale bigger than that of any Congress ever before held in Ireland, and the aid of the C.B.S.I. was asked for and readily given. From every county in Ireland Scouts came to great general camp in Terenure, where over 1,500 of them were under canvas for that week. The feeding and organisation of the camp was a masterpiece, but the work of the organisers did not, of course, stop there. Routes had to be cordoned off for the arrival of the Cardinal Legate, for his reception at the Pro-Cathedral and at the monster garden party held in Blackrock College, and for all this 500 Scouts were required. All the week they acted as guides to the polyglot meetings that were held every day at many centres in the city; stewarding had to be done at the mass meeting in the Phoenix Park, and all the time first aid posts had to be constantly manned by 400 trained Scouts. Then, on the final Sunday, Scouts acted as guards at the High Altar in the Park and at O'Connell Bridge, and 400 of them had charge of many Church and civil dignitaries and conducted them to their places. These tasks were no mere sinecures, but once more the training of the boys rose to the occasion and their conduct throughout the week received the highest praise.
The Great Pilgrimage
In 1934 came another milestone in the life of the Movement. Led by Cardinal MacRory, Bishop Collier and the members of the Executive Board, a Pilgrimage was organised to go to Rome and participate in the Holy Year exercises. Twelve hundred Scouts and friends sailed from Dublin on the liner Lancastria, and got a great reception wherever the pilgrims called, particularly at Gibraltar. The great moment came when the Scouts were received in audience by Pope Piux XI. As the Holy Father entered the Hall of Audiences, carried in state, cheer after cheer rent the air. Descending from the Sedia Gestatoria, the Holy Father graciously inspected missionary outfits presented by the Scouts, examined with great interest the Troop Colours that had been grouped around the Papal Throne, and blessed a copy of the Scout Constitution.
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Back to the quite life again, the work of the Organisation went on, and yearly thousands of boys joined the ranks and more and more troops were established, until there was not a village that did not know the uniform and hardly a county that had not a band of happy campers during the summer months.
Milestones
1925/26
Fr. Ernest Farrell, a curate in Greystones, Co. Wicklow founded a boys parochial group, which wore Scout-Like uniforms. He was subsequently transferred to St. Stephens Green where he began another group, which operated the Scouting method. At about this time he published a series of Scouting articles in Our Boys, which attracted widespread interest.
1927
At the same time his brother Fr. Tom Farrell, a curate in the Pro -Cathedral was working towards the formation of a national Catholic Scout Association. Formal hierarchy approval was given in November 1926 but 1927, the year the first National Executive Committee began to function, is generally taken to be the year that the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland was founded.
1932
Members of the CBSI acted as stewards at the International Eucharistic Congress. A special camp for Scouts participating was held in the grounds of Terenure College.
1934
The Association organised a pilgrimage to Rome, which was attended by Scouts from all over the country. During the trip Sir Martin Melvin, the then owner of the English Catholic newspaper, the Universe, presented a trophy, subsequently named in his honour, abroad the S.S. Lancastria. This trophy is presented each year to the winners of the National Scout Campcraft Competition.
1958
A large CBSI delegation travelled on a pilgrimage to Lourdes in its centenary year.
1965
CBSI joined with the Scout Association of Ireland to form the Federation of Irish Scout Association (FISA). Each Association in the federation is fully independent and autonomous but through FISA each participates in international events.
1967
To celebrate its 40th Birthday, the Association held a National Camp at Lismore Co. Waterford. It was attended by 3,500 Scouts.
1977
The Association's Golden Jubilee Year is marked by major events throughout the country, culminating in a major International camp held in the grounds of Mount Melleray Abbey, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford.
A new drive to revive Scouting in low-income, inner city areas in Dublin gets under way with the revival of a Troop in Sean McDermott Street.
1985
A Jamboree organised by all Scouting Associations in Ireland ( C.B.S.I., S.A.I. , and N.I.S.C.) is held in Portumna, Co. Galway to celebrate International Youth Year
Entnommen von: http://www.scouts.ie/about-us/about-scouting-ireland-csi/
Scouting Ireland is the National Scout Association for Ireland and a member of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement. Scouting Ireland was formed on 1st January 2004 from the two original Scout associations in Ireland, Scouting Ireland S.A.I. and Scouting Ireland (CSI). Both associations voted to join together to form a new single association in 2003, following a decision to set this process in motion in 1998.
Entnommen von: http://www.scouts.ie/about-us/
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