Word: kilgarron
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sworn off writing. "It's a grind, a sweat," he says. A Briton, Forsyth left England in 1974 to escape having to pay an 83% tax on royalties. After a year in Spain, he and his Ulster-born wife Carrie settled in Ireland, where they bought and refurbished Kilgarron, an 18th century manor house surrounded by 25 acres of woodland in County Wicklow. When things are dull, the Forsyths go to Dublin or London, but they are usually happy to stay at home, playing tennis, clearing the land or feeding their turkeys and chickens. "Country life," he says...
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