Life in the UK test practice question · True or false
In the late Middle Ages, the part of Ireland under direct English rule was an area around Dublin called the Pale.
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Answer: True
The Pale was a strip of the east coast with Dublin at its centre. By the late 1400s it was the only part of Ireland directly under the English king.
Checked 8 November 2026