Donnybrook (IrishDomhnach Broc, meaning 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. Dublin (Irish: Baile Ãtha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ... The Southside of Dublin city is the area bounded to the north by the River Liffey, to the east by Dublin Bay and to the south and west by the M50 motorway. ... Of all Dublin postal districts, Dublin 4 (D4) is probably the most famous outside the city, due in no small part to it being the location of the national broadcaster RTÉ. The district also contains the RDS and Lansdowne Road stadium, venues of many sporting events and concerts, adding to...
Donnybrook is home to the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ and University College Dublin. Radio TelefÃs Éireann (RTÉ; Irish for Radio and Television of Ireland) is the national publicly-funded broadcaster of Ireland. ... University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin - more commonly University College Dublin (UCD) - is Irelands largest university, with over 20,000 students. ...
It is the location of Ailesbury Road and Shrewsbury Road, the two most expensive streets in an Irish edition of the Monopoly game. This article is about the board game. ...
It was once the location of Donnybrook Fair, a horse fair which was notorious for drunkeness and violent disorder. This gave rise to the word donnybrook, meaning a brawl or fracas. These days, there is little trace of this disreputable past, and Donnybrook is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Dublin. The only reminder of this aspect of its history is a supermarket called Donnybrook Fair on the main street.
As Irish people travelled the world Donnybrook went with them. You will find Donnybrook in Australia in at least four states, WA, SA, Victoria and Queensland.
Dublin is the capital of Ireland, and is located on the east coast of the country, on Dublin Bay, which opens into the Irish Sea.
Dublin 4 is home to two important national institutions: Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ, the national radio and television broadcaster) and University College Dublin (UCD, the largest university in Ireland).
Besides the Castle of Merrion he had a house in Dublin, but he died in the former place, and desired to be buried in the parish church of Donnybrook, directing that in the Chapel there belonging to his family a tomb or monument should be erected to their memory.
Donnybrook, or the Church of St. Broc, now the name of a suburb to the north-west of Simmonscourt and south-west of Baggotrath, was formerly the designation of a village of very ancient origin, and at the time of the Anglo-Norman Invasion was also the designation of a very large extent of lands.
Donnybrook Fair had before that time become a place of amusement and its drolleries, doubtless, gave rise in 1729 to a satirical elegy on the much-lamented death of Madam Bentley, who broke her neck when riding to Donnybrook - a lady for whom the poet predicts no good fate in the next world.
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