Buntus Cainte (English: Basic Speaking) was a programme aimed at teaching the Irish language that was broadcast on Radio Telefis Eireann in Ireland, beginning in 1967. The show was presented by Maire O Neill and Aileen Geoghegan. The programme catered for 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. Buntus Cainte is the most successful course in Irish ever, and is in continual demand. Now for the first time the course books and listening material are available as part of the same package. The material from the original recordings has been remastered and is now on audio CD attached to this book.

Favourite Irish Legends includes three of the most famous Irish legends in English with parallel text in Irish. 'The Children of Lir' ('Leanai Lir') is accompanied by 'Balor of the Evil Eye' ('Balor Drochshuile') and the beautiful, tragic 'Wooing of Etain' ('Toraiocht Etain'). The book is a unique introduction to the legends, bringing them to life both in English and in Irish.

Michael MacGowan was born in 1865 in the parish of Cloghaneely in the Donegal gaeltacht. He was the eldest of twelve children in a poverty-stricken family owning one cow, living in a three-roomed thatched cottage and speaking no English. He ended his days in a large slate-roofed house in the same place. First published in Irish as Rotha Mor an tSaol, this is his account of the fate dealt to him by 'the Wheel of Life'. From the age of nine he was hired out for six consecutive years from May to September at a hiring fee of 30 shillings. After emigration to Scotland and the drudgery of farmwork, he left for America and worked his way across the USA in steelmills and mines to Montana. He then took part in the Klondike gold-rush and vividly recounts the adventures of himself and his 'sourdough' companions, their privations and hardships in the primitive harsh icy wastes of the Yukon. Home on holiday he fell in love and stayed, using the money from the gold to buy some land and the house. This is a fascinating record of life and wanderings in Ireland, Scotland and America in the late 19th century. Told with the certainty and authority of someone who has 'lived' what he describes, it reflects his indomitable spirit and loyalty to his native place and culture.

Buntus Foclora has helped tens of thousands of children develop a basic vocabulary in Irish. Now available in a mini edition, this bestselling vocabulary builder will continue to entertain and educate children for many years to come.

Magic, humour, enchantment, beauty...the litany of praise for James Stephens' wonderful rendition of Irish legends has never ceased since it was first published seventy years ago. And they remain today as they always were - a feast of fantasy for all ages and for the young at heart of every age. Other books by James Stephens The Crock of Gold.

Turas Teanga consists of 20 units, each representing material contained in a single program. It is illustrated with cartoons and photographs featuring series presenter, Sharon Ní Bheolain. The book is presented bilingually. In addition to the main instructional text, there are boxed features on useful information such as common greetings, the various ways of saying where are you from in Irish and other such common phrases of language. Turas Teanga will be one of RTÉ's most important television series in 2004 and the book, either in its stand-alone form, or accompanied by three CDs, will be an invaluable resource.

Originally published in 1964, this is Donall MacAmhlaigh's own story as a navvy or unskilled workman in post World War II England. Here is backbreaking, blister-making work, followed by pints of the black stuff in the Admiral Rodney and many other pubs. Workless and foodless days, the hardships of work camps, lonesome partings after trips home, periods of intense isolation and occasional bitterness-this is an honest account of how the average Irish laborer worked and lived in and contributed to the country of the ancient enemy.