'U' is for... 'United Kingdom' [Episode 112]
British Culture: Albion Never Dies
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The History of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Great Britain and Ireland have had a long long history Anglo-Saxon princes of course after the Norman conquest fled to Ireland to escape their persecution. The Normans conquered England in 1066 and naturally spread but many of the Norman knights frankly dissatisfied with what they got felt that this little place England really wasn't enough for them so some of them marched into Wales. In Ireland they settled a place which became known as the Palisade is the the original name it gets shortened to the Pale which becomes known as Dublin in the local language Pale has entered the English language I think in the apocalypse now you have the great useNow we will move on from Welsh being a very very beautiful place
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