other sources report that anita leslie-king was given the castle by her mother, who had bought it in 1946. for a while, the kings lived in a hunting lodge outside oranmore village, designed by bill, and built while he and anita went on a "world sailing cruise." to help combat his wife's asthma, king developed an organic farm and garden to feed his family. both anita leslie's mother and grandmother had suffered from asthma.