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The boys of the old brigade
James Durney's book, Boyhood’s Fire: Na Fianna Éireann at War, 1916-1986, examines the history of the Irish nationalist scouting movement. Published by Merrion Press, the work explores how anti-imperialist groups in Ireland adapted the scouting concept originally created by Robert Baden Powell during the Boer War.
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The Irish Catholic · J. Anthony Gaughan
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