In 1984, Irvine bought the isolated cottage Rumachroy, near Nairn in Scotland, where, most of the time as a single mother, she raised her three sons. In 2007, she moved to south-eastern Bulgaria; the "old mud-brick house" in which she lived at the foot of the Balkans was destroyed by fire in 2009; she now lives in a caravan on the site.
In 1984, Irvine acquired a cottage named Rumachroy near Nairn, Scotland, and raised her three sons there as a single mother. In 2007, she relocated to southeastern Bulgaria; the "old mud-brick house" where she resided at the foot of the Balkan Mountains was destroyed by fire in 2009; now, she resides in a caravan on the property.