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'''Donnybrook''' ([[Irish language|Irish]] ''Domhnach Broc'', meaning ''The Church of [Saint] Broc'') is a district of [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]. It is situated on the [[southside (Dublin)|southside]] of the city, in the [[Dublin 4]] postal district, and is home to the Irish state broadcaster [[Radio Telefís Éireann|RTÉ]]. |
'''Donnybrook''' ([[Irish language|Irish]] ''Domhnach Broc'', meaning ''The Church of [Saint] Broc'') is a district of [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]. It is situated on the [[southside (Dublin)|southside]] of the city, in the [[Dublin 4]] postal district, and is home to the Irish state broadcaster [[Radio Telefís Éireann|RTÉ]]. |
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It was once the location of '''Donnybrook Fair''', a [[fair]] held from the time of [[John of England|King John]] onwards which was notorious for drunkenness and violent disorder. This gave rise to the word ''donnybrook'', meaning a brawl or fracas. The fair was banned in [[1855]] and there is little trace of the village's disreputable past; the only reminder of its raucous history is a supermarket called ''Donnybrook Fair'' on the main street |
It was once the location of '''Donnybrook Fair''', a [[fair]] held from the time of [[John of England|King John]] onwards which was notorious for drunkenness and violent disorder. This gave rise to the word ''donnybrook'', meaning a brawl or fracas. The fair was banned in [[1855]] and there is little trace of the village's disreputable past; the only reminder of its raucous history is a supermarket called ''Donnybrook Fair'' on the main street. Donnybrook is now one of the most affluent [[suburb]]s of Dublin.{{Fact|date=September 2007}} |
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Donnybrook is the spiritual home of [[rugby union]] in [[Leinster]]. The head office of the [[Irish Rugby Football Union]] [[Leinster Rugby|Leinster Branch]] is located opposite [[Donnybrook Rugby Ground]], where the professional Leinster team play their home games, captained by [[Brian O'Driscoll]]. Kiely's pub in Donnybrook village is a traditional social point for rugby fans.{{Fact|date=September 2007}} |
Donnybrook is the spiritual home of [[rugby union]] in [[Leinster]]. The head office of the [[Irish Rugby Football Union]] [[Leinster Rugby|Leinster Branch]] is located opposite [[Donnybrook Rugby Ground]], where the professional Leinster team play their home games, captained by [[Brian O'Driscoll]]. Kiely's pub in Donnybrook village is a traditional social point for rugby fans.{{Fact|date=September 2007}} |
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Revision as of 16:17, 4 November 2007
Donnybrook (Irish Domhnach Broc, meaning The Church of [Saint] Broc) is a district of Dublin, Ireland. It is situated on the southside of the city, in the Dublin 4 postal district, and is home to the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ. It was once the location of Donnybrook Fair, a fair held from the time of King John onwards which was notorious for drunkenness and violent disorder. This gave rise to the word donnybrook, meaning a brawl or fracas. The fair was banned in 1855 and there is little trace of the village's disreputable past; the only reminder of its raucous history is a supermarket called Donnybrook Fair on the main street. Donnybrook is now one of the most affluent suburbs of Dublin.[citation needed]
Donnybrook is the spiritual home of rugby union in Leinster. The head office of the Irish Rugby Football Union Leinster Branch is located opposite Donnybrook Rugby Ground, where the professional Leinster team play their home games, captained by Brian O'Driscoll. Kiely's pub in Donnybrook village is a traditional social point for rugby fans.[citation needed]
Geography
The river Dodder runs through Donnybrook. It is popular with amateur fishermen and boasts a multitude of wildlife.
Donnybrook hospital is also located nearby
Famous Inhabitants
Authors
- Patrick Kavanagh
- Anthony Trollope
- Flann O'Brien aka Myles na gCopaleen aka Brian O'Nolan
- Benedict Kiely
- Padraic Colum
Playwrights & Stage
- Brendan Behan
- Denis Johnston and his wife, the actress/ director Shelah Richards
Painter
Explorer
Inventors
- John Boyd Dunlop (pneumatic tyre)
- Guglielmo Marconi (wirless radio - lived in Jameson House on the grounds of the state broadcaster RTÉ)
Political Leaders
- Eamon de Valera (President of Ireland)
- Pádraig Pearse (a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising)
- The O'Rahilly (Patriot killed in the 1916 Easter Rising)
- Michael Collins (Freedom-fighter killed during the Irish Civil War in 1922)
References
- Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/donnybrook — etymology of the noun
Dublins Famous People and Where They Lived by John Cowell
A Literary Guide To Dublin by Vivien Igoe
53°19′N 6°13′W / 53.317°N 6.217°W
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