''An Gàidheal Ùr'' was a 12-page monthly newspaper published in

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

. The name means ''New Gael'' in a play on an older magazine publication called ''An Gàidheal''. People usually received the paper as a supplement in the '' West Highland Free Press'' or by

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. It ceased publication in 2009 after funding and advertising from

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, ferry services, media stories, cultural events and

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. It also had various opinion columns and regularly carried job advertisements of Gaelic related jobs. Writing for the paper,

Aonghas Phàdraig Caimbeul Angus Peter Campbell (; born 1952) is a Scottish award-winning poet, novelist, journalist, broadcaster and actor. Campbell's works, which are written mainly in Scottish Gaelic, draw heavily upon both Hebridean mythology and folklore and the ma ...

was awarded Gaelic journalist of the year at the 2007

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