Finlay J. MacDonald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Finlay J. MacDonald

Scottish journalist and radio and television producer and writer

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1925

Place of Birth: Scarista, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 14-Oct-1987

Profession: television presenter, editor, journalist, radio personality

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.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 Harris: Crowdie and Cream (1982) Crotal and White (1983) The Corncrake and the Lysander (1985).These have been cited as providing a valuable insight into life in the Outer Hebrides in the inter-war years.