Posts Tagged ‘ Co Kildare ’

Punchtown Irish Jamboree 2008

Aug 12th, 2008 | By admin | Category: International

Around 12,500 scouts pitched their tents in Punchestown on Saturday - along with 50,000 apples and 12 tons of potatoes - to celebrate a century of scouting in Ireland
A TENT-FILLED settlement which will rank as one of the 50 most populous towns in Ireland for the next week has been established in Co Kildare as [...]



Irish Jamboree 2008

Jul 23rd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Jamborees

SCOUTING IRELAND (SI) is hoping revellers at the Oxegen music festival in Punchestown, Co Kildare will be on their best behaviour this weekend - as €250,000 worth of site facilities are being left behind by music promoters MCD to help the scouting association’s mammoth jamboree at the same venue early next month.

MCD is donating lighting, [...]