English

Etymology

Named from Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, the site of a notoriously disorderly annual fair.

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɒnɪbrʊk/

Noun

1. A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘His Chance in Life’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 56:

     But the Hindus turned out and broke their heads; when, finding lawlessness pleasant, Hindus and Muhammadans together raised an aimless sort of Donnybrook just to see how far they could go.

   • 2003, Robert Casemore, Gold Is Where You Find It, Xlibris 2003, p. 47:

     The regulars here, includin' me, put up a real donnybrook to save the place.

Donnybrook may refer to:

• A fight or brawl.
• Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland, site of the original Donnybrook Fair, which earned a reputation for drunkenness and disorder
• Donnybrook Rugby Ground, Ireland, a rugby union stadium
• Donnybrook, Queensland, Australia
• Donnybrook, Western Australia, Australia
• Donnybrook, Victoria, Australia
• Donnybrook railway station, Victoria, Australia
• Donnybrook, North Dakota, United States of America
• Donnybrook, KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa

Donnybrook may also mean:

• Donnybrook Fair, Ontario, Canada
• Donnybrook!, a 1961 Broadway musical
• Donnybrook (band), a Los Angeles, California, hardcore punk band
• Donnybrook (metal band), a Tribal Metal band from Maine

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