Pale
The Pale was the English-controlled district around Dublin in Ireland. In 1337 its lands formed part of the Lordship of Ireland, governed from Dublin Castle in the English king’s name.
The 1366 Statutes of Kilkenny forbade the barons from adopting Irish customs, but proved unenforceable. By the mid-fifteenth century direct rule had shrunk to four shires; trenches were dug from 1454. The name Pale first appeared in a statute of 1494. The lordship became the Kingdom of Ireland in 1542.
Characters
- Elizabeth Darcy, Countess of Ormond
- John Darcy, 2nd Baron Darcy de Knayth
- John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth
- John de Burgh
- John Morice
- Robert le Poer
- Joan de Burgh
- Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
- Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
- William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster