Editing The Pale (section)

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The idea of the Pale was inseparable from the notion of a separate Anglo-Irish polity and culture. After the 17th century, and especially after the [[Anglican Reformation]] and the [[Plantation of Ulster]], the "[[Old English (Ireland)|Old English]]" settlers were gradually assimilated into the Irish population. This was in large part due to their relative reluctance to give up [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] (those who did not worship in the [[Church of Ireland]] bore a variety of legal disabilities). They kept [[Hiberno-English|their version of the English language]], though by that time many of them also spoke Irish. Several of these men were notable contributors to literature in Irish, including [[Pierce Ferriter]] and [[Geoffrey Keating]]. [[Christopher Nugent]], 6th Baron Delvin, wrote an Irish-language primer for [[Elizabeth I]].