Finlay J. MacDonald
Finlay John Macdonald (Scottish Gaelic: Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill; 4 July 1925 – 14 October 1987) was a Scottish journalist and radio and television producer and writer.
Born and raised on Harris in the Outer Hebrides, and a native Gaelic language speaker, was an important figure in Gaelic radio and television broadcasting, founding the Gaelic Drama Association. He co-founded the quarterly Gaelic magazine Gairm in 1951 with Derick Thomson and served as its chief editor until 1964.[1]
Macdonald edited A Journey to the Western Isles (1983), in which he "retraced" the 1773 tour of Scotland by Samuel Johnson and James Boswell by providing the text of Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland along with his own commentary and numerous colour and black-and-white photographs.
He was a radio and television producer. He wrote three books of memoirs that recall his childhood on the island of Harris:
- Crowdie and Cream (1982)
- Crotal and White (1983)
- The Corncrake and the Lysander (1985).[1]
These have been cited as providing a valuable insight into life in the Outer Hebrides in the inter-war years.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Finlay J. McDonald". Ambaile. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ Cooke, Anthony; Donnachie, Ian (1998). Modern Scottish History, 1707 to the Present: Major documents. Tuckwell Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-86232-088-8. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
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