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Check out the gallery, prints framed, posters and postcards HERE
SO YOU WANT TO BE A JOURNALIST?
Small Town Reporters - Some things you should know about Journalism. For more information click HERE
New books now available from Blurb.com
NOW ON SALE: Small Time Reporters by Peter McNiff - Some things you should know about journalism
In this highly original book of essays, poems and images a professional writer examines the key years at the start of his journalistic career and the motivational influences that were at work in the private and public spheres of his life. Songs, writers, movies and friends are at the heart of his thesis which he offers as a “serious entertainment” to assist those considering a career in journalism or to inform readers who just want to know what makes a reporter tick. READ MORE
Trojans, by Peter McNitt - Comedies and tragedies in the Pantheon of Scribes
Poetry; a companion to Small Town Reporters
A son of migrants returns to the land of his ancestors to work as an image maker, hen as a writer of clarion calls until summoned to the Pantheon of Scribes as a Trojan to do battle for a daily journal. The Trojans, ruled by Prometheus and his high priests, the Corybantes, garnish daily gossip, scrutinise government and defend the downtrodden. Life is pleasant until one of the priests, Phaeton, more ambitious than the rest, is presented with the reins of the Heavenly Chariot by the Gods. Life becomes hell and the journal's old values diminish at the hands of Midas & Company
Le Cuidiú and Chomhairle Oidhreachta
(Courtesy of the Kennedy family)
Noel Kennedy's A Brief History of Greystones
Supported by Ireland's Heritage Council
and La Touche Legacy Committee
Take a look at some classic shots of Greystones and
many other wonderful pictures to hang on your wall.
Pick the frame to suit your decor and the picture.
Go on, be a devil, click HERE
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Sheila gallery
Stills from the life and funeral of Sheila McManus,
widow of Dr Edward McManus, of Roscommon
Sheila McManus
A record of a death in the family based on stills with music.
Original, captivating stories of Greystones, County Wicklow. Recorded by writer and broadcaster, Peter McNiff. They reveal the hardships, comedies and tragedies of the town's inhabitants from Victorian times to the present day.
‘This book will be around for generations. It captures life as it was in Greystones and will never be again.’ Joe Hayes, former Wicklow County Librarian and President, La Touche Legacy
Stories from a Small Town by Peter McNiff
360 pages, maps and illustrations
Hardback edition: ISBN-9549561-0-9
Paperback edition: ISBN 1-4120-3367-5
Supported by La Touche Legacy Committee
Wicklow County Council Heritage Office
A superb collection of factual stories about Greystones and the railway era from the time the track was laid from Bray to Wicklow in 1855 to our time. Written by Peter McNiff to commemorated the line's 150th year of operations the book contains much new material about the steam age and William Dargan, the 'father of Irish railways'. For the first time he details the horrendous railway smash on Bray Head in 1867, the inquest and a public inquiry that exposed an attempted cover-up by shareholders of the Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford and Waterford Railway Company.
Railway Encounters by Peter McNiff
234 pages, 90 illustrations, paperback.
ISBN 0-9549561-1-7
La Touche Legacy Committee
Greystones Chamber & Greystones Town Council
Peter McNiff; author, non-fiction: Stories from a Small Town, (anecdotal, 2003) 360 pages; and Railway Encounters (anthology of railway stories, 2005), 2234 pages; funded by Ireland’s Heritage Council, Wicklow County Council Heritage Office and La Touche Legacy Committee.
Short fiction broadcast by RTE and BBC and appeared in anthologies published by Heinemann and Phoenix.
Jacobs television award with a citation for courageous reporting (1984)’; a New Irish Writing Hennessy award for fiction; (1989); Cultural Award for Greystones, County Wicklow by Greystones Town Council (2005).
He is chairman of Kilmantin Arts, a community of Wicklow artists; and webmaster for the group’s website, wicklowgold.com. Member of the Irish Railway Record Society and Greystones Historical and Archaeological society.
Other pursuits: fine art photography, hill-walking, sailing and railway journeys.