Archived by Year 2008 2007 2006 2005		'TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS....Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Well, that’s not exactly true. To be exact, there were thirteen creatures stirring in Aurora House in Glencree over this weekend, together with between two and six leaders, depending on what time you looked in on them. MORE....
		ARMOURED CARS AND TANKS AND GUNS.... On Sunday 19 th November 2006, 14 scouts from Mount Argus attended the Dublinia County Mass at the church of Adam & Eve on Merchant’s Quay. This occasion was also a celebration of the 75 th anniversary of the 61 st Merchant’s Quay group MORE....
		TOIL & TROUBLE Picture the scene: A blasted heath, windswept and rainy. Three horrible witches stand around a cooking pot… Hold the phone, that’s Macbeth. Ok, drop the three old dears and insert eighteen scouts and you have a good idea how the hike was shaping up. The weather was decidedly on the foul side MORE......
		SLUAIOCHT NA SLEIBHTE It was a crisp, January night and myself, Noel & Neil were booked in to take part in the Sluaìocht Na Slèibhte. The S.N.S. is a new breed of hiking event for the venturing world, or the Venturer Scout world to be exact. MORE......
		JAMIE'S CHOCOLATE BANANAS There is something faintly ridiculous about the whole idea of backwoods cooking. I mean, you take a banana – something whose preparation normally consists of removing the skin – and then you stuff it with chocolate MORE....
		45TH MOUNT ARGUS RECIEVES YOUNG CITIZEN AWARD To coincide with the 2005 European Year of the Citizen, The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese launched an initiative for people between the ages of 12 and 25 called the Young Citizen Award. MORE....
		CUB HOSTEL WEEKEND IN KNOCKREE All the cubs met up in the Den to head off to Knockree Youth Hostel where we were spending the weekend. The Mini bus was packed (Guitar & Bodhran included) for a fun filled trip, oh ye & the chess boards??? MORE....
		VENTURE SCOUT WEEKEND On Friday 5th May the Ventures from Mount Argus headed to the Arklow Sea Scout Den for a weekend of fishing, water activities & wait for it... Music!! MORE....
		LONDON BABY!!! The first annual Venture Expedition of the 45th took place in the ‘Home of the Woodbadge’, Gilwell Park from the 28th June – 5th July 06.  We met in Dublin Airport at 7.00am and after some emotionless goodbyes to parents we were through customs, well some of us at least, has anyone seen Nialls passport, ahem MORE....
		DUBLINIA COUNTY PATROL CHALLENGE The Dublinia County Patrol Challenge took place over the weekend of the 19th – 21st May.  It was a new record for the county as 22 patrols of scouts took part in the event, (3 times as many as last year!!). MORE....
		SCOUT EXPEDITION AROUND THE HILL Getting ready for the hike, checking we had all our equipment, we soon set off. We started from Larch Hill heading toward Kilmashogue car park to begin our climb.MORE....