Word: westmeath
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Unexpurgated Code) has assumed Irish citizenship and settled in permanently. "The tax exemption was the reason," he says. For the past five years, he and his wife M.W. (for Mary Wilson) have lived in a 25-room Queen Anne mansion set in 200 secluded acres in County Westmeath. Except for doing some outdoor work to keep fit, Donleavy avoids farm chores and writes for a steady five hours a day. He behaves, he says, "like a gentleman writer instead of a drudge. Being a drudge is quite damaging." Although he entertains frequently, Donleavy prefers isolation. "I'm always...
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