Donnybrook Fair

For other uses, see Donnybrook Fair (disambiguation).

Donnybrook Fair from an illustration in the Dublin Penny Journal in November 1833
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Donnybrook Fair was a fair that was held in Donnybrook, Dublin, from 1204 to 1855. It has given its name to an Irish jig, a chain of food stores, a broadsheet ballad, and is a slang term for a brawl or riot.[1]

  1. ^ "Donnybrook Definition & Meaning". Dictionary.com.