placenamesDonnybrook
Domhnach Broc
Donnybrook’s historical parish embraced a wider stretch of Dublin’s southern suburbs.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Domhnach Broc · Irish · main form · validated name
- Donnybrook · English · main form
Place & story
A change of county jurisdiction
In 1842, townlands in Donnybrook parish were transferred from the ancient county of the city to the new barony of Dublin. Beaver Henry Blacker’s parish annals list Ballsbridge, Beggarsbush, Clonskeagh, Donnybrook East and West, Irishtown, Merrion, Ringsend, Sandymount and Smotscourt among them. The entry records an administrative landscape extending well beyond Donnybrook village. [2]
A school at Ringsend
The same annals record the opening of Ringsend National School in January 1846. S. Herbert provided the schoolhouse for boys and girls, with an infant school added afterwards. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Donnybrook. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Brief Sketches of the Parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook,1860, annals1842 and1846 · Beaver Henry Blacker
- Saint Mary’s Church, Donnybrook, Dublin, as photographed in October 2016 illustration: based on a St Mary's Church, Donnybrook, Dublin by Chris Morgan. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.