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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Jake Meesus-Jones

'We quit rat race in UK for Mayo paradise' - Couple saving loads since Irish move

A family swapped their suburban home in England for a rural homestead in Co Mayo - and now grow their own food and chop wood for heating.

Amy Johnson (34) and husband Peter (46) decided they’d had enough of the rat race during the Covid-19 pandemic.

So they moved their four children to Mayo - buying a six-acre property for €230,000 after selling their previous property in Lincolnshire for €317,100. The family now does its best to live off the land, growing fruit and veg and fetching water from a well.

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