Pale of palisades
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- the Pale: in Irish history, The parts of Ireland under English jurisdictio in the late Middle Ages. It had 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.
- palisade: wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier
