Peter McNiff is Small Town Poet: author of Small Town Reporters, memoir of his reporting days on Dublin newspapers (2009); Portrait of a Small Town – A photographic study of St Patrick’s Day 2009 in Greystones Co. Wicklow; Railway Encounters, a history of the railway from Dublin to Wicklow; and Stories from a Small Town – Anecdotal history of Greystones, Co Wicklow which received a Heritage Award. He has received awards for his television work and for short fiction. He is a member of Greystones Archaeological and Historical Society, Ireland Railway Records Society. Greystones Arts Group and Kilmantin Arts to which he was chair, 2007-2009.Greystones Cultural Person of the Year Award by Greystones Town Council 2004.