[nopardons]

It's a perfectly GOOD phrase, hardly interesting ( and yes, I know, full well, what it means and its origin ), and has NOTHING at all to do with Ireland, nor the Irish...at any time. It's from RUSSIA and the time of Catherine the Great; referring to a wooden fence, behind which Jews were forced to lived...and forbidden to live anywhere else.

Just as the the word ghetto is Italian and the name given to the area where Italian Jews were forced to live, during an even earlier time period.

[miss marmelstein]

This is where I always thought the Pale was, lol. Recently, I heard some Brit saying it was in Soho or something. I’m barely joking!

[RegulatorCountry]

Take it up with the Irish, dearest NP. The pale of settlement has specific meaning in Irish history regarding Dublin and the mountains beyond, that even has religious connotation that I thought rather ironic given the circumstance. Oh well, blast away. It’s amusing.