historian, and author Sport Donnybrook is the traditional home of rugby union in Leinster. The headquarters of the Irish Rugby Football Union Leinster Branch is located opposite Donnybrook Stadium, where the professional Leinster team played their home games until recently. Most games are hosted in Donnybrook Stadium. Some 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, Belvedere College, Wesley College, Clongowes, 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 Ireland References Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/donnybrook — etymology of the noun Dublins Famous People and Where They Lived by John Cowell A Literary Guide To Dublin by Vivien Igoe External links Donnybrook Parish (Sacred Heart Church) Web Site Friends of Donnybrook (Community Forum) Web Site Donnybrook Tidy Towns Web Site Towns and villages in Dublin (city) Civil parishes of Rathdown, County Dublin Dublin (barony) Civil parishes of Uppercross