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Limerick Scouts celebrate after Phoenix Challenge 2025

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Phoenix Challenge 2025 sees Limerick welcome over 600 scouts. Pictured is Mustang Patrol – 3rd Limerick Rathkeale

Pallaskenry in Limerick was host to Scouting Ireland’s Phoenix Challenge 2025, with over 600 Scouts from across the island competing to be All-Ireland Scouting Champions

More than 600 Scouts from across the island of Ireland competed to be All-Ireland Scouting Champions.

Pallaskenry in Limerick was host to Scouting Ireland’s Phoenix Challenge over the last few days, with over 600 Scouts from across the island of Ireland competing to be All-Ireland Scouting Champions.

The theme for this year’s Phoenix Challenge was “Celebration”, marking 20 years of the competition, which first took place in Pallaskenry in 2005. The Phoenix Challenge tests Scouts on a wide range of Scouting Skills, including Campcraft, Cooking, Pioneering and First Aid, as well as their teamwork and leadership skills.

The overall winners of the Phoenix Challenge were the 94th Dublin (Walkinstown). Limerick was represented at the event by five Patrols from Scout Groups across the County.


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The Ravens Patrol from the 34th Limerick (Pallaskenry) and the Vibe Tribe Patrol from 25th Limerick (Shannon Banks) both received a Gold Award (80% to 100% of the available marks). The Bear Patrol from 45th Limerick (Ahane), the Mustang Patrol from 3rd Limerick (Rathkeale) and the Muntjac Patrol from 46th Limerick (Ballybricken) all received a Silver Award (65-79% of available marks).

The 34th Limerick (Pallaskenry) also picked up special awards for their Environmental Impact and their Logbook during the event. Planning for this year’s Phoenix Challenge started back in August 2024.

Pictured is Raven Patrol – 34th Limerick Pallaskenry

There were several Adult Scouters from Limerick Scout County involved in the running of the event. They included Michaela Fitzgerald from the 34th Limerick (Pallaskenry), who was one of the two Camp Chiefs for the event. Michaela, along with her co-Camp Chief Shane Cusack, was a former participant on the Phoenix Challenge, so it was fitting that they should head up the event for this year of celebration.

Limerick Scout County Commissioner Phillip Kelly congratulated the five Patrols and their Scouters on their achievements.

He said, “They did themselves, their Scout Groups and the County proud. When you think back to our first County Shield after Covid in 2022, we only had four patrols taking part, and this year we had fifteen patrols competing in the County competition, with five Limerick patrols going on to represent the County in the National Competition. It’s a huge sign of how much Scouting in Limerick is growing.”  

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