rté, the national broadcasting service, commissioned a 54' film from gandon productions ltd., to ensure that the work would be properly documented. produced by niall mccarthy and directed by tony barry, pages for the great book of ireland, with a specially commissioned soundtrack by jim lockhart, was broadcast on 18 march 1990. amelia stein recorded the first marks made for the book, in a series of still photographs made when john montague and seamus heaney inscribed their poems on 11 june 1989. bill doyle later photographed a typical working session.