To see our location, click on Staplestown google map
The village of Staplestown is a small village in North Kildare, located about 25 miles from Dublin, 9 miles from Maynooth and between Kilcock and Clane. Our Scout Group serves the broad Tir na Mona area, which includes Donadea, Timahoe, Coill Dubh, Colleragh and Staplestown.
Our Group Flag
Our group flag includes a number of elements that connect to our local community. The Blackbird is symbolises our connection to St Kevin’s GAA Club – the blackbird featuring in a story where such a bird built a nest and hatching eggs in St Kevin’s hand while he stood praying for forty days and nights. The bog cotton symbolises the vast expanses of turf bog that is such a feature of our community. The main element is our red and black neckerchief, which is is based on the colours of St Kevin’s GAA club.
Our Group Badge
Watch this space – we are currently consulting and seeking ideas on a design for our Group Badge
The South Eastern Scout Province
There are six Scouting provinces - the Dublin Metropolitan, North Eastern, Northern, South Eastern, Southern and Western. We are part of the South Eastern Scout Province. The province is made up of 7 scout counties - Carlow Kilkenny, Cill Dara, Slieve Bloom, South Kildare, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow. The provincial logo is shown to the left.
The Cill Dara County of Scouting Ireland
The Cill Dara Scout County was founded on the 1st of January 2004. Our County Commissioner is Martine Phelan. A new County Badge was recently designed and is available now.
The groups in Cill Dara County are
