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Mon 08 Aug 2008Scouts honour best traditions of movement at Irish jamboree
SCOUT JAMBOREE: 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 more than 12,000 scouts have gathered to celebrate the centenary of the scouting movement in Ireland.
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