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===In epoca medioevale===

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The "Old English" community in Ireland was never monolithic. In some areas, especially in the Pale around [[Dublin]], south [[county Wexford]], [[Kilkenny]], [[Limerick]] and [[Cork]], the term referred to relatively urbanised communities, who spoke the [[English language]] (though sometimes in arcane local dialects like [[Yola language|Yola]]), used English law and lived in a manner similar to that found in England. However, in much of the rest of Ireland, the term referred to a thin layer of landowners and nobility, who ruled over [[Gaels|Gaelic Irish]] freeholders and tenants.