 In late 1958, he qualified for an Austrian passport and in 1959, he purchased Martinstown House, a farm in County Kildare.Although Skorzeny could not be refused entry without due cause, he was refused a residency visa by the Irish government and had to limit his stays to six weeks at a time, and he was monitored by G2.He rarely visited after 1963 and sold Martinstown House in 1971.