1) Big brawl 2) Brawl 3) Fair noted for riots 4) Free-style fracas 5) Major scrape 6) Melee for singer Osmond 7) Riotous affair 8) Slang for a brawl Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/donnybrook
This term, meaning a very public quarrel, or “brawl”, isn’t exactly common in Ireland, but it crops up in Britain, Australia, New Zealand and North America. It emerged from the notoriously disorderly Donnybrook Fair, which began in the 13th century and ran for 500 years, and itself is derived from Domhnach Broc, or Saint Broc’s Church. (In ... Found on https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/up-to-90-ireland-in-our-favourite-words-