Ian Niall

Ian Niall (7 November 1916 – 24 June 2002), born John Kincaid McNeillie, was a writer from Galloway, Scotland. He wrote works under both these names.

Biography He was born in Old Kilpatrick, to parents from the Machars in South West Scotland. He moved back to Galloway at 18 months old, and the area formed a basis for his early fiction.

In the 1940s, he moved to North Wales, where his son, the writer Andrew McNeillie, was born.

Niall died in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, in south-east England.

Films The 1951 film No Resting Place, based on Niall's novel, was directed by Paul Rotha and produced by Colin Lesslie Productions. It stars Michael Gough.

The 1964 film A Tiger Walks, directed by Norman Tokar and starring Vera Miles and Brian Keith, is also based on Niall's works.

Works

Wigtown Ploughman: Part of His Life (1939, Putnam, as John McNeillie; 2012, Birlinn Limited ) Glasgow Keelie (1940, Putnam, as John McNeillie) Morryharn Farm (1941, Putnam, as John McNeillie) No Resting Place (1948, Heinemann). The first under the name "Ian Niall", filmed by Paul Rotha Tune on a Melodeon (1948, Heinemann) Foxhollow (1949, Heinemann) The Poacher's Handbook (1950, Heinemann) The Deluge (1951, Heinemann) Fresh Woods (1951, Heinemann; 2012, Little Toller Books) Pastures New (1952, Heinemann; 2012, Little Toller Books) The Boy Who Saw Tomorrow (1952, Heinemann) A Tiger Walks (1960, Heinemann) The New Poacher's Handbook (1960, Heinemann) Trout from the Hills (1961, Heinemann) The Harmless Albatross(1961, Heinemann) Hey Delaney! (1962, Heinemann) The Game Keeper (1965, Heinemann) The Country Blacksmith (1966, Heinemann) A Galloway Childhood (1967, Heinemann) A Fowler's World: An Account of Days on the Marsh and Estuary (1968, Heinemann) A Galloway Shepherd (1970, Heinemann) The Village Policeman (1971, Heinemann) Around My House (1973, Heinemann) A London Boyhood (1974, Heinemann) One Man and His Dogs (1975, Heinemann) To Speed the Plough(1977, Heinemann) The Idler's Companion (1978, Heinemann) The Forester (1979, Heinemann) Portrait of a Country Artist Charles Tunnicliffe R.A. 1901–1979 (1980 Gollancz) Tunnicliffe's Countryside (1983, Clive Holloway Books) Feathered Friends (1984, Chatto) Country Matters (1984, Gollancz) Ian Niall's Complete Angler (1986, Heinemann) Ian Niall's Country Notes (1987, Octopus Books) English Country Traditions (1990 V&A) The Way of a Countryman (1965 and 1993, Heinemann) Country Life (1953–1993, regular column as Ian Niall)

External links and references Part of his life Obituary in the Glasgow Herald Entry on Ian Niall.