Donnybrook (nonfiction)

Peasants brawling at cards.

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".

Fiction cross-reference

• Uncials

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links:

• donnybrook @ Wiktionary