Bob Carswell was introduced to Manx at an early age in a written form, through the classic Manx texts of Edmund Goodwin's First Lessons in Manx and a 1775 edition of Conaant Noa (the New Testament) [REF].
Carswell is a member of the Gaelic Broadcasting Committee, and is today considered to be one of the most important voices in Manx broadcasting [REF].