Donnybrook, Ontario

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|blank1_info = FAZFH{{cite web | title = Donnybrook | publisher = Natural Resources Canada | date = October 6, 2016 | url = http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/FAZFH}}

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Donnybrook is an unincorporated rural community in North Huron, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.{{cite web | title = North Huron | publisher = Statistics Canada | date = November 2, 2016 | url = https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?CLV=4&CPV=3540055&CST=01012011&CVD=116949&Function=getVD&MLV=4&TVD=116940}}

History

Donnybrook was founded in the 1860s on the corner of what are now Huron County Road 22 and the Glen's Hill Road.

At its peak, it had a hotel, tavern, general store, a blacksmith shop, a woodworking shop, an Orange Lodge, and a church. By the end of the 1890s, most of Donnybrook's businesses were closed.Reflections of West Wawanosh, 1996. Page 578 The church survived until 1999, but currently, all that remains in Donnybrook is the church's cemetery.Plaque at the Donnybrook Cemetery, Glen's Hill Road, West Wawanosh, Ontario

References

Category:Communities in Huron County, Ontario

Category:Ghost towns in Ontario