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Meet Ireland's Lonely Beast who teaches children their 123s

The last app was featured on an Apple TV ad – and now the Lonely Beast is back.

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Dec 8th 2013, 8:30 PM

Irish 'Lonely Beast' app featured on US Apple TV ad

The fun Alphabeast app, in which the Lonely Beast teaches children their ABCs, was created by a Dublin trio.

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Feb 20th 2013, 6:45 AM