Finlay J Macdonald (Gaelic: Fionnlagh J. MacDhòmhnaill) (1925–1987) 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. He was a radio and television producer. He wrote three books of memoirs that recall his childhood on the island of Harris: