v informative! nice graphics; help to visualize the terrain 👍 did u know in the states "ditch" only means trench & never an embankment, but they are interchangeable in ireland
This particular video makes me think a lot of the two "The Dublin Saga" books. 😊 I'd like to see your review of how historically accurate those books are, especially the first one "The Princes of Ireland". While you're at it, it'd be awesome if you could help clarify how accurate the background history is depicted in the "Sister Fidelma Mysteries" book series. 😃🙏 Thank you for engaging history videos on my favorite place, Ireland!
The "English", a hybrid of Germanic tribes Angles, Saxons and Jutes fused with Franco Normans. Gaelic Ireland identified these tribes as Sasanach, Saxons originating in Saxony, Germany. Before a Norman has set foot in Ireland, in 1016 they had successfully invaded England by defeating a confederation of Germanic and Viking forces. The Franco Normans quickly set about the conquest and colonization of England, Scotland and Wales. The Normans were not an unknown quantity to Gaelic Ireland. Members of the leading Gaelic houses were being educated in France and across the Continent at that time, and regular travellers by sea and land to Rome. After all, Gaelic clans funded numerous construction of monasteries and places of learning on Mainland Europe. Gaelic Ireland also shared a religion with the Norman French. Fun fact. The Pale was established in 1141. The first edition of the Oxford dictionary was published in 1884. Not sure what special relevance the dictionary has in the outlining or defining the history of the Pale.
@@primalireland-histcult I fully understand that. The Pale "structure" was more a parameter than a strong defensive barrier. Of greater use, perhaps, to Gaelic clans than the folks within as it served as a corral to keep Norman expansion in check to some degree.
