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Donnybrook
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
a part of Dublin, Ireland, in the south-east of the city. The former village of the name was famous for a fair held under licence from King John in 1204. It gained, however, such a scandalous notoriety for disorder that it was discontinued in 1855, the rights being purchased for £3000.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Donnybrook'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/donnybrook.html. 1910.