![]() The Pale was a strip of land, centred on Dublin, that stretched from Dundalk in Louth to Dalkey in Dublin it became the base of English rule in Ireland. The term was also used to refer to specific regions in other nations: the term Pale of Settlement was applied to the area in the west of Imperial Russia where Jews were permitted to reside. The term was used not only for the Pale in Ireland but also for various other English overseas settlements, notably English Calais. Also derived from the "boundary" concept was the idea of a pale as an area within which local laws were valid. The Oxford English Dictionary is dubious about the popular notion that the phrase beyond the pale, as something outside the boundary-i.e., uncivilised, derives from this specific Irish meaning. From this came the figurative meaning of "boundary". A paling fence is made of pales ganged side by side, and the word palisade is derived from the same root. ![]() The word pale, meaning a fence, is derived from the Latin word pālus, meaning "stake", specifically a stake used to support a fence. In this district, many townlands have English or French names, the latter associated with Norman influence in England. The inland boundary went to Naas and Leixlip around the Earldom of Kildare, towards Trim and north towards Kells. It had been reduced by the late 15th century to an area along the east coast stretching from Dalkey, south of Dublin, to the garrison town of Dundalk. The Pale ( Irish: An Pháil) or the English Pale ( An Pháil Shasanach or An Ghalltacht) was the part of Ireland directly under the control of the English government in the Late Middle Ages. Part of Ireland controlled by England in the Late Middle Ages The Pale (grey) in 1450
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