Leixlip / Confey Scout Group - 1st / 10th Kildare

05/06/2026

Updates from Derek's expedition in the Alps!! Plans changed with incoming weather! BRAVO to the three mountaineers! They still managed to fly their group neckerchiefs high! Pictured with Derek is Adrian Kay from 45th/62nd Blarney Scout Group and Stephen Dunne from 179th Huntstown Scout Group . 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
"As expected, we didn’t get near Mont Blanc, but we wandered over to Switzerland, as you do, and did a bit of climbing there, so I managed to get the necker to the top of something high, the Lagginborn, which is 4010m, about 4 times as high as Carrauntoohil. Had a lie in by Alpine standards - up at 4.30 but at least we got the sunrise…"

03/06/2026

The very best of luck to all our scouts starting their exams today!! We know you'll absolutely smash it! You've got this 💪🏼💪🏼

02/06/2026

One of our leaders, Derek, is enjoying some of the most breathtaking views on Mont Blanc at the moment!! Derek is part of the national MPC (Mountain Persuit Challenge) team in Scouting Ireland. It's an amazing thing to have someone with his hiking skills and knowledge in our team of leaders!

02/06/2026

Group Camp 2026...

02/06/2026

An amazing weekend on group camp in Share Discovery Village So many laughs, so much fun and so many memories made.
🫶🏼 Thank you as always to our leaders, especially for giving up their bank holiday weekend to give this experience to our youth members
🫶🏼 Thanks to Wayne Doran for bringing all our gear!!! 🫶🏼Thanks to all the parents who helped with loading, unloading and hanging all the tents up to dry!
We have enjoyed this location for the second year running and it was a huge success, Maggie, Sam and Ollie made our weekend run super smoothly - thank you all. And to the chefs, thanks for keeping us so well fed!

30/05/2026

Group Camp 2026 has officially kicked off! ❤️

27/05/2026

Intel Pride of Place WINNERS!!!
Huge thank you to Intel for selecting our group as one of the pride of place winners last night and congratulations to all the other winners too!! 🥳🥳We're super excited for our project to get started and we think it will really make our den stand out! Keep an eye out as you walk by for some stunning work 👀 BRAVO to our Group Quartermaster Derek and Group Secretary Ian for representing us! Thank you both for scrubbing up so well and enduring the heat in our scout uniform! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

26/05/2026

Over the weekend, in the glorious sunshine, some of our cubs took part in their 20km hike as part of their Chief Scout Award. They had a lot of fun and met lots of people along the way including some fellow cubs from Porterstown Scouts, a community barbecue for the canal boat residents and even got to go on board to see what life on a riverboat is like!!!! They ended the hike with some well earned ice creams! 🍦a huge huge thanks to Kirsty, Mary and Daire for facilitating this event and helping our cubs achieve their special award. And in that heat!!!! BRAVO everyone!!!!

24/05/2026