Their father was Aonghas Caimbeul (Am Bocsair), and their uncle was another notable Scottish Gaelic writer, Aonghas Caimbeul "Am Puilean", as is his niece, Catrìona Lexy Chaimbeul.
[3] He has written plays, short stories, and novels in Scottish Gaelic and in English.
[4] He was involved with theater companies, among them 'Na Nisich' in Lewis and Cluicheadairean Loch Aillse.
He won the Stornoway Gazette Award for new play in 2009 at the Royal National Mòd.
[5] His novel Ro Fhada san t-Suidheachadh Seo won the first prize at the 2015 Donald Meek Awards.