''Dáithí Lacha'' (; meaning "David Duck") was an

Irish language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous ...

television cartoon series for children broadcast on Telefís Éireann during the 1960s. The series was not animated, however. For each five-minute episode, the creator, illustrator, and camera operator, Flann Ó Riain, produced a static comic strip which was shown one frame at a time. A single narrator, Pádraic Ó Gaora, described the action and spoke the dialogue. As well as the central character, the series featured Maidhc the dog and Puisín the cat. The first episode was broadcast on 31 December 1962. For the first few years of its run, the series was transmitted three days a week. By the time the final episode appeared in July 1969, ''Dáithí Lacha'' had become a weekly show. Today,

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

's first home-grown television cartoon star is remembered by viewers of that generation for his frequent cries of "" (),''The Irish Times'', "SOCK HORROR", 14 December 1996 as well as for his large striped underpants — the only garb he wore.

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External links

Dáithí Lacha at the Internet Movie Database
1962 Irish television series debuts 1969 Irish television series endings 1960s Irish television series Irish children's television shows Irish-language television shows RTÉ original programming {{Ireland-tv-prog-stub