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Buntús Cainte (English: Basic Speaking) - First steps in spoken Irish - was written by Tomás Ó Domhnalláin in the mid-1960s. It was an Irish-language learning programme, illustrated by William Bolger, and first published in a three volume series by the Stationery Office in 1967. The series has never been out of print, and is hugely successful.
The programme was broadcast on RTE beginning in 1967. The show was designed to appeal to young viewers, and was lively and humorous.By November 1967, 218,000 copies of the Buntús Cainte lessons booklet had been sold.
The programme catered to people with little or no Irish. Phrases were spoken by the presenters in both Irish and English, and were also overlaid (in Irish) on a simple static cartoon relating to the phrase.
It is also the title of a series of 3 books which contain the programme material, including the cartoons, the spoken Irish words and the English and Irish text.
This lot includes all 3 books, updated editions with audio CD's.
Originally , these books came with LP records and then cassette tapes , then CD's - this lot includes a COPY of all THREE BOOKS with the audio CD's included.
Audio was remastered for the CD issue.
First issued in book form in 1967-8 , with RTÉ.
