Marjorie Quarton

Marjorie Quarton (born 1930-) is an Irish novelist.

Marjorie Quarton
Born	Marjorie Smethwick 1930 Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Irish

Life and work

Born Marjorie Smethwick to Standish Smethwick and Dolly Webb in 1930 in Nenagh, County Tipperary.[1][2][3][4] She was educated in Dublin. Quarton did not start her writing career until she was in her 50s.[5] She has written novels, memoirs, children's books and newspaper articles.[6][1][7]

Quarton was a horse, sheep and cattle breeder and also worked for the National Council for the Blind of Ireland.[8][7][9] She has written on dogs, particularly sheepdogs. She is a member of PEN and resides near Nenagh.[7][2][3][4]

Bibliography

• Corporal Jack (London: Collins 1987)
• No Harp Like My Own (London: Collins 1988)
• Renegade (London: André Deutsch 1991)
• Breakfast The Night Before : Recollections of an Irish Horse-Dealer (André Deutsch 1989)
• Saturday's Child (André Deutsch 1993)
• The Cow Watched the Battle (Dublin: Poolebeg, 1990)
• The Other Side of the Island (Dublin: Poolbeg 1991)
• Longshot, No Harp Like My Own, Trial, The Flight Of Flamingo by Dick Francis, Marjorie Quarton, Clifford Irving, Elizabeth Darrell, (Readers Digest 1991)

References

1. "An Irishwoman's Diary on a strange meeting near Ypres in 1915". Irish times. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
2. "Marjorie Quarton". Ricorso. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
3. "Marjorie Quarton". Irish writers-online. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
4. "Marjorie Quarton - The Lilliput Press". Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
5. "DUBLIN DUCHESS: Review: Part-Time Writer: Notes and Reflections by Marjorie Quarton". Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
6. "Two Nenagh authors launch latest works - Tipperary Star". Tipperarystar.ie. 2 October 2015. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
7. Colman Andrews (21 December 2012). The Country Cooking of Ireland. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-1-4521-2405-6.
8. "Irish draught horse book - Buy the Book". Irish draught horse book. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
9. "Horses: A lifetime of breeding top class draughts and show jumpers - Independent.ie". Independent. Retrieved November 10, 2016.

Further reading

• Elizabeth Grubgeld (January 2004). Anglo-Irish Autobiography: Class, Gender, and the Forms of Narrative. Syracuse University Press. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-0-8156-3016-6.
• "Nenagh CBS Primary: February 2015". Nenagh CBS. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
• "Bealtaine Festival". Bealtaine. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
• "A lone woman in a mans world". Independent. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
• "Book Launches". Independent. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
• "Marjories second breakfast helping!". Independent. 25 November 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
• Michael Harding (16 October 2009). "Moving through the fair in search of some animal magnetism". Irish times. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
• Anne Byrne (19 March 1996). "Transition year comes of age in Tipperary". Irish times. Retrieved November 10, 2016.