{{short description|Scottish writer, 1916–2002}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} '''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.<ref name=johnson>{{Cite book |last=Johnson |first=Ian |title=William Alwyn: The Art of Film Music |year=2005 |publisher= Boydell Press |page=235 |isbn=9781843831594 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=srcFSKX9pJMC&q=No+Resting+Place+rotha&pg=PA235}}</ref>
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== {{ISBN missing |date=April 2026}} {{Clarify |reason= What works are novels? What works are biographies? What are other types?|date=April 2026}} {{Div col|colwidth =20em}} *''Wigtown Ploughman: Part of His Life'' (1939, Putnam, as John McNeillie; 2012, Birlinn Limited {{ISBN|978 1 78027 086 9}})<ref>Reprint contains further bibliographical material.</ref> *''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) {{Div col end}}
==External links and references== *[http://www.clutagpress.com/category/andrew-mcneillie/ian-niall-part-of-his-life/ Part of his life] *[http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/john-mcneillie-as-writer-ian-niall-he-excelled-in-natural-history-and-captured-the-rawness-of-countryside-life-1.145675 Obituary in the ''Glasgow Herald''] *[http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/niall_ian Entry on Ian Niall.]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *John Manson, ''Ploughmen and Byremen: Novels of Barke, McNellie and Bryce''. In Ross, Raymond, ed., ''Cencrastus'' No. 52, pp. 3–5. {{issn|0264-0856}}
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