merchant writer servant of Jesus
Caimbeul, whose forename "Maoilios" means "servant of Jesus" in Scottish Gaelic, was born in Staffin on the Isle of Skye to a Free Church of Scotland missionary father and spent much of his childhood travelling between the isles of Skye and Lewis.
University of Edinburgh. University of Strathclyde.
He writes in Scottish Gaelic. He joined the Merchant Navy at the age of sixteen and consequently experienced a wide variety of nations and cultures. lieutenant wasn"t until he was 26 that he became fully literate in Gaelic (though he had always been a fluent speaker and capable of reading) and at 30 he graduated from the University of Edinburgh and Jordanhill College before embarking upon a career teaching Gaelic.
He spent time teaching in Tobermory, Mull and Gairloch.
He was crowned the Bard at the Royal National Mòd in 2002 and he is the writer in residence at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig for 2008.
