Editing Donnybrook, Dublin

{{Short description|Inner suburb of Dublin, Ireland}}
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|image_caption          = Donnybrook Road, looking towards Stillorgan
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|subdivision_name2      = [[County Dublin|Dublin]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Bay South]]
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[[File:IMGkeileysDonnybrook 4939.jpg|thumb|right|268px|alt=Kiely's pub and Yo Thai restaurant by night|Kiely's pub in Donnybrook - now demolished]]

'''Donnybrook''' ({{Irish place name|Domhnach Broc|[[Donnybrook Cemetery|The Church of Saint Broc]]}}) is a district of [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], on the [[southside (Dublin)|southside]] of the city, in the [[Dublin 4]] postal district. It is home to the Irish public service broadcaster [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] (RTÉ) and was once part of the [[Pembroke, Dublin|Pembroke Township]]. Its neighbouring suburbs are [[Ballsbridge]], [[Sandymount]], [[Ranelagh]] and [[Clonskeagh]].

Donnybrook is also a [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] mainly situated in the old [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of [[Dublin (barony)|Dublin]].

==History==
[[File:Donnybrook Village 1927.jpg|thumb|right|Donnybrook Road in 1927, with the tower of Donnybrook Church visible in the distance.]]
[[Donnybrook Fair]] dates from a charter of King [[John of England]] in 1204 and was held annually until 1855. It began as a fair for livestock and agricultural produce but later declined, growing into more of a carnival and funfair. Drunkenness, fighting, and hasty marriages<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/donnybrook|title=Definition of DONNYBROOK|website=www.merriam-webster.com|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412082147/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/donnybrook|url-status=live}}</ref> became commonplace and the people of Donnybrook were anxious that it should cease. Eventually, the fair's reputation for tumult was its undoing. From the 1790s on, there were campaigns against the drunken brawl the fair had become. After a good deal of local fundraising, the patent was bought by a group of prominent residents and clergy, bringing about its demise. The Fair took place on lands now occupied by [[Donnybrook Rugby Ground]] and the Ever Ready Garage. The word ''donnybrook'' has since entered the English language to describe a rowdy brawl.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of DONNYBROOK |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/donnybrook |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Donnybrook castle===
[[File:Donnybrook castle.png|thumb|Donnybrook castle]]
Donnybrook Castle was an Elizabethan mansion and residence of the Ussher family. [[James Ussher]] was appointed [[Archbishop of Armagh]] in the Church of Ireland by Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]]. The mansion was demolished in 1759 and later replaced in 1795 by the existing Georgian house. It is now occupied by the [[Religious Sisters of Charity]].<ref>''Beatrice Doran'', "Donnybrook: A History", Dublin, The History Press, 2013</ref>

===Donnybrook cemetery===
[[Donnybrook Cemetery]] dates back to the 8th century and was once the location of a church founded by [[St Broc]]. It was also the site of Catholic and [[Church of Ireland]] churches, both called St Mary's. Those buried in it include Dr Bartholomew Mosse, the founder of the [[Rotunda Hospital]], Sir [[Edward Lovett Pearce]], architect of the [[Irish Houses of Parliament]] on College Green and Dr Richard Madden, biographer of the [[United Irishmen]]. It is possible that the wall on the south side of the cemetery is the oldest man-made structure still existing in Donnybrook. The brick chimney behind the cemetery was built on the site of a former marble works and later served as a [[Magdalene asylum|Magdalene laundry]]. Two ancestors of [[Meghan Markle]], Mary McCue and Thomas Bird, an English soldier, were married at [[St. Mary's Church, Donnybrook (COI)|St Mary's Church of Ireland church]], Donnybrook, in 1860.<ref>Gillian Halliday, [https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/meghan-markles-cousins-could-be-walking-streets-of-belfast-37121511.html "Meghan Markle's cousins could be walking streets of Belfast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213014639/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/meghan-markles-cousins-could-be-walking-streets-of-belfast-37121511.html |date=2021-12-13 }}, ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'', 16 July 2018, accessed 7 March 2021</ref>

==Geography==
The [[river Dodder]] runs through Donnybrook and at one time there was a [[Ford (crossing)|ford]]  here. It is subject to periodic serious flooding and in 1628 one of the Usshers of Donnybrook Castle drowned while trying to cross.<ref>Moriarty, Christopher ''Down the Dodder'' Wolfhound Press 1991 p.155</ref>

===Civil parish===
Donnybrook is a civil parish consisting of sixteen [[townland]]s.<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/2775.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213014643/https://www.logainm.ie/ga/2775 |date=2021-12-13 }} - Donnybrook civil parish</ref> All but four of these townlands are situated in the Barony of Dublin. Donnybrook is the single biggest parish in that barony. The most southerly townlands, Annefield, Simmonscourt and Priesthouse, belong to the barony of [[Rathdown (County Dublin barony)|Rathdown]]. The smallest of these, Annefield, is itself an [[enclave]] of Simmonscourt which gives its name to a pavilion of the [[Royal Dublin Society]]. Today, the majority of Priesthouse is occupied by [[Elm Park Golf Club]] and the studios of RTÉ. The remaining townland of Sallymount - the parish's most westerly point - is in the barony of [[Uppercross]].

==Donnybrook today==
The [[RTÉ Television Centre|television]] and [[RTÉ Radio Centre|radio]] studios of the national broadcaster, [[RTÉ]], are located in Priesthouse, Donnybrook. There is also a large [[Dublin Bus]] garage located in the area.

===Politics===
Donnybrook is in the [[Dáil Éireann]] constituency of [[Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Bay South]] and the Pembroke [[local electoral area]] of [[Dublin City Council]].

===Education===
* Donnybrook is home to the all-girls [[Muckross Park College]].
* St. Mary's mixed primary school is located on Belmont Avenue.
* The Teresian School is an all-girls Secondary, Junior and Pre-School in Stillorgan Rd.

===People===
* Writers
:* [[Brendan Behan]]
:* [[Padraic Colum]]
:* [[Denis Johnston]] and his wife, the actress/director [[Shelah Richards]]
:* [[Patrick Kavanagh]]
:* [[Benedict Kiely]]
:* [[Flann O'Brien]] ''aka'' [[Myles na gCopaleen]] ''aka'' [[Brian O'Nolan]], lived on Belmont Avenue
:* [[Anthony Trollope]]

* Others
:* [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] (Chairman of the Provisional Government and commander-in-chief of the National Army. killed during the [[Irish Civil War]] in 1922)
:* [[Éamon de Valera]] (President of Ireland)
:* [[Beatrice Doran]], librarian, historian, and author
:* [[William Downes, 1st Baron Downes]] (eminent nineteenth-century judge)
:* [[John Boyd Dunlop]] (pneumatic tyre inventor)
:* [[Garret FitzGerald]] (former [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland)
:* [[Richard Gibson]] - Actor - Played part of [[Herr Otto Flick]] in sitcom series [['Allo 'Allo!]]
:* [[Shane MacGowan]] (singer/lyricist for the [[Pogues]])
:* [[Guglielmo Marconi]] (wireless radio - lived in Montrose House, the family home of his mother's family the [[Jameson Irish Whiskey|Jameson]]s of whiskey fame, now on the grounds of the national broadcaster RTÉ)
:* [[Frederick May (composer)|Frederick May]]
:* [[George McElroy|George E. H. McElroy]] (WWI fighter ace RFC/RAF)
:* [[Méav Ní Mhaolchatha]] (Singer, former Celtic Woman)
:* [[The O'Rahilly]] (also a senior figure in the [[1916 Easter Rising]])
:* [[Pádraig Pearse]] (a leader of the [[1916 Easter Rising]])
:* [[Albert Reynolds]] (former [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland)
:* [[Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton]]
:* [[Jack B. Yeats]]

===Sport===
Donnybrook is the traditional home of [[rugby union]] in [[Leinster]]. The headquarters of the [[Irish Rugby Football Union]] [[Leinster Rugby|Leinster Branch]] is located opposite [[Donnybrook Stadium]], where the professional [[Leinster Rugby|Leinster]] team played their home games until recently. Most games are hosted in [[Donnybrook Stadium]]. Some [[Leinster Schools Junior Cup|Junior Cup]] ties are also hosted on the grounds.

Rugby clubs [[Bective Rangers]] and [[Old Wesley]] have their home ground in Donnybrook Stadium. During the school year secondary schools such as [[St Conleth's College]], [[Blackrock, Dublin|Blackrock]], [[Belvedere College]], [[Wesley College (Dublin)|Wesley College]], [[Clongowes]], [[St Michael's College, Dublin|St. Michaels]] and many more play rugby in Donnybrook Stadium.

There are several tennis clubs in Donnybrook, Donnybrook Lawn Tennis Club (LTC), St.Marys LTC and Bective LTC.

Belmont Football Club has its home ground in Herbert Park.

Merrion Cricket Club is located in Donnybrook, off [[Anglesea Road]] and backing onto the Dodder.

==See also==
* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2001/05/29.html Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/donnybrook] &mdash; ''etymology of the noun''
* Dublins Famous People and Where They Lived by John Cowell
* A Literary Guide To Dublin by Vivien Igoe

==External links==
{{Commons category|Donnybrook, Dublin}}
* [http://www.donnybrookparish.ie Donnybrook Parish (Sacred Heart Church) Web Site]
* [https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/home.php?sk=group_101070976642606&ap=1 Friends of Donnybrook (Community Forum) Web Site]
*[http://www.donnybrooktidytowns.ie Donnybrook Tidy Towns Web Site]

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