''The Highlander'' was a 19th-century Scottish political newspaper written in English and

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well ...

. Edited by John Murdoch, the newspaper is credited with helping to revitalize the Gaelic language in Scotland. Based in Inverness, ''The Highlander'' was published weekly starting in May 1873 until it was halted due to financial issues in 1881 due to lawsuits brought on by disgruntled landowners.Dòmhnall Eachann Meek, Mairi Mhòr nan Oran ; Taghadh de a h-Orain (Edinburgh : Scottish Academic Press, 1998) p40 The newspaper's mission was "advocating the cause of the people, and particularly the right of the Gaelic people to their native soil."

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