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[[File:Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel Adriaen Brouwer.jpg | [[File:Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel Adriaen Brouwer.jpg|thumb|''Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel'' ("Peasants Brawling over Cards") by [[Adriaen Brouwer (nonfiction)|Adriaen Brouwer]] (circa 1605).]]A '''donnybrook''' is a brawl. | ||
Named from Donnybrook Fair, a notoriously disorderly event, held annually from 1204 until the middle of the 19th century. | Named from Donnybrook Fair, a notoriously disorderly event, held annually from 1204 until the middle of the 19th century. | ||
Latest revision as of 07:55, 30 August 2022
Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel ("Peasants Brawling over Cards") by Adriaen Brouwer (circa 1605).
A donnybrook is a brawl.
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", meaning "The Church of Saint Broc".
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