The recent Irish language wildlife series Éiníní and An Saol Beo, transmitted on TG4, have also received high audience ratings.
His recent very successful series for TG4, Ainimhithe na hÉireann which featured a variety of Ireland’s wildlife, its origins and its folklore, received funding from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and Foras na Gaeilge.
Éamon de Buitléar was creator of the first-ever Irish made animated musical TV cartoon series for children called Lúidín Mac Lú. It was a story about a little white mouse and its friend a colourful leprechaun, who played traditional Irish music on the tin whistle. Éamon had already invented the Lúidín character for radio and the music for both the radio and the TV series was cleverly arranged and played by Paddy Moloney of Chieftains fame. |