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Thought everyone might like to know that Donnybrook Fair still happens - in a little community in southwestern Ontario. It is run by the Charlotteville Agricultural Society in Walsh, Ontario, Canada (near Simcoe). The 2007 dates are September 23 and 24. This fair is a wonderful community activity, but the excitement runs to demolition derbies and baby shows rather than the brawls that made the original Donnybrook Fair famous!
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the excitement runs to demolition derbies and baby shows rather than the brawls Well, that's good to know! Welcome, Nancy M. :-)
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according to Wikipedia, "The fair was discontinued due to lack of popularity and funds." ca. 2001. -joe (no fair) fridayedit: added link
Last edited by tsuwm; 06/18/2007 4:08 PM.
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I've been waiting for years for Donnybrook to show up in AWAD, because I grew up in that Dublin suburb -- a much more sedate place in the late 20th Century than when the infamous Fair was in its heyday. Like most Irish place-names, Donnybrook is an Anglicized version of its Irish name, Domhnach Broc (pronounced DHOW-nakh BRUK), meaning Broc's Chapel. Broc was, presumably, one of Ireland's innumerable Saints, another Irish phenomenon that -- like Donnybrook Fair -- belongs in the past.
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In St Louis, there is a weekly show on the local PBS channel called Donnybrook, featuring four people of contrasting views who take up topics political and cultural. Sometimes it's a civil discussion, sometimes a donnybrook.
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