Ian Niall

Ian Niall (November 7, 1916 – June 24, 2002), born John Kincaid McNeillie, was a writer from Galloway in Scotland. He wrote his works under both names. He was born in Old Kilpatrick, to parents from the Machars in South West Scotland. He moved back to Galloway at eighteen months old, and the area formed a basis for his early fiction, and in the 1940s moved to North Wales, where his son the writer Andrew McNeillie was born. He died in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, in south east England.

Films

In 1951, the film No Resting Place was directed by Paul Rotha, produced by Colin Lesslie Productions, and starring Michael Gough, based on Ian Niall's novel.^[1]

A Tiger Walks is also based on his works.

Bibliography

Note that the works listed were written under both of his names

• Wigtown Ploughman: Part of His Life (1939, as John McNeillie)
• Glasgow Keelie (as John McNeillie)
• Morryharn Farm (1941, as John McNeillie)
• No Resting Place (1948) - The first under the name "Ian Niall"
• The Poacher's Handbook (1950)
• The Boy Who Saw Tomorrow (1952)
• A Galloway Childhood (1967 Heinemann)
• A Fowler's World: an account of days on the marsh and estuary (1968)
• Portrait of a Country Artist. Charles Tunnicliffe R.A. 1901 - 1979 (1980)
• The Way of a Countryman (1993)

External links and references

• Part of his life
• Obituary in the Glasgow Herald
• Ian Niall on SF Encyclopedia

References