This is the story of the Pale which was the part of Ireland directly under the control of the English government in the late middle ages. It consisted of a ditch and/or a fence / pailing to act as a boundary between the English settlers and the native Irish. It had been reduced by the late 15th century to an area along the east coast stretching from the South of Dublin, North to the town of Dundalk and projected inland into County Kildare. This video contain footage of some of the remaining Pale ditch in the village of Ballymore Eustace County Kildare.
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