donnybrook

Meanings

1. A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.

1. Chaotic.

1. A southern suburb of Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O1731).
2. A neighbourhood of Douglas, County Cork, Ireland.
3. A community in North Huron township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
4. A minor city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.
6. A settlement in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
7. A coastal town in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
8. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia.
9. A town in the Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia.

Etymology

Named from Donnybrook Fair, a notoriously disorderly event, held annually from 1204 until the middle of the 19th century. The town of Donnybrook comes from the Irish Domhnach Broc (“The Church of Saint Broc”).