Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
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Chief Rabbi of Ireland
Address: Herzog House, Zion Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
Telephone: +353-1-4972351
Fax: +353-1-2924680
Rabbi Zalman S. Lent
Tel: +353 1 406 4818
E-mail: irishcom@iol.ie
Website: http://www.jewishireland.org
[October 2006]

See: Synagogues of Ireland:
    Republic of Ireland - http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/ireland.htm#RepublicIreland [December 2007]
    Northern Ireland - http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/ireland.htm#NorthernIreland [December 2007]
    http://www.jewishireland.org [January 2001]
    http://www.haruth.com/JewsoftheWorld.html[October 2000]
    http://www.haruth.com/JewsIreland.html [October 2000]
    http://www.iol.ie/~irishcom [October 2000]

Military Graves: Information for Dublin may be obtained from the Honorary Secretary, Mrs. Beverley Davis, P.O. Box 255, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia. Please include 3 international reply coupons when requesting information.

• Old Jewish Cemetery: The old Jewish section located at the rear of the City Cemetery Belfast City Cemetery in west Belfast (used for Jewish burials between 1871 and c.1914 and occasionally after), is in a sad state of disrepair and a target for vandalism. It was listed (in 1999) as a "Jewish site at risk" by the Survey of the Jewish Built Heritage in the UK and Ireland and is in poor condition. However, a move to restore the site, led by a non-Jewish Belfast city councillor, with a request for funding from Belfast City Council. {Source: article at Belfast Telegraph website (no longer appearing)]. Steven Jaffe, a based in London-based, Belfast Jewish historian is coordinating messages of support for this project. Contact him directly at tarzijaffe@hotmail.com. [February 2004]
  

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  The eighteenth century community in Cork acquired a cemetery in Kemp Street, Cork. The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Cecil Roth 1950.
  "The remains of an ancient Jewish cemetery recently unearthed in Cork corroborate the existence of a Marrano community in the 17th century (sic). The cemetery probably began in 1725.
• A second burial ground begun in 1885 does survive." Source: Jewish Heritage Report, c/o Jewish Heritage Research Center, 123 Clarke St., Syracuse, N.Y. 13210 (vol 1., nos. 3-4).
  See: Freedman, Warren. World Guide for the Jewish Traveler. NY: E.P. Dutton Inc, 1984
  

• Ballybough, Fairview:  Ballybough [pronounced Bally-bok, from the Gaelic "Baile bocht" = "town of the poor"] Cemetery  is older than the Alderney Road (Mile End) cemetery in London that was acquired in 1725 by the Great Synagogue, London. Ballybough's list of surviving headstone inscriptions shows the earliest legible marker dated 1777, marking the grave of Jacob Wills, otherwise "Frenchman". The last burial was in 1908 of Mrs. Juliette Harris, widow of Alderman Lewis Harris and daughter of Aaron Joseph of London. His brother, Solomon Joseph, was the father of Mrs. Herman Adler whose husband Very Rev. Dr. Herman Adler was Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. There may be other references to burials contained in published family genealogies. Only about one-seventh of an acre in size, the land close to the River Tolka was acquired in 1718. Although the cemetery is closed for burials, the Dublin Jewish Board of Guardians maintains it with a resident caretaker. The caretaker's cottage at the front of the cemetery bears the words in large stone letters "Built in the year 5618". A list of inscriptions for the old cemetery in Ballybough in Dublin can be found in Louis Hyman's book, The Jews of Ireland. Many Jews at that time could not afford to raise a tombstone so there some graves without. Source: Len Yodaiken; shoshly@canaan.co.il
  caretaker: 836 9756
  For an interesting and informative article of the cemetery, see "5618 and all that - The Jewish Cemetery Fairview Strand" - a PDF file [September 2006].
• Dolphins Barn:  Aughavannagh Road, Dolphin's Barn, Dublin 8. Enquiries to 492-6843 or 0872 574 978
  The currently active Jewish cemetery in Dublin is located at Dolphin's Barn, a short distance after one crosses the Grand Canal via the bridge from Donore Avenue. Source: Niall Foley niallf@indigo.ie
  The Genealogical Society of Ireland will publish the memorial inscriptions of the Jewish Cemetery at Dolphin's Barn as part of its "Irish Genealogical Sources" series. See http://welcome.to/GenealogyIreland. The publication will have about 3000 inscriptions. Publication is expected by the end of March 2001. Source: Michael Merrigan Hon. Secretary, GSI. email: GenSocIreland@iol.ie [March 2001]
• The Progressive Cemetery is at Woodtowm, County Dublin

LIMERICK, County Limerick, Republic of Ireland:
     For Community Information, see Limerick on JCR-UK
     CEMETERY:

• Kilmurray Cemetery, Newcastle, County Limerick: Mainly as a result of the efforts of Jim Kemmy, the derelict tiny Jewish cemetery at Kilmurray, Newcastle, County Limerick was restored as part of a publicly funded civic project. It is now preserved in excellent condition although it contains only six standing headstones. In 1902, the Lithuanian Jewish community purchased the land for this little cemetery. The immigrants were Hyman Graff, Barnett Graff, Solomon Jerome, Max L. Jaffe, Wolf Moizel, Benjamin Jaffe, Moses Moizel, Sidney Jaffe, Marcus Joseph Blond, David Cropman, Philip Graff, Barnett Shochett, Barnett Gould, Lewis Clein, the Rev. Mr. Levin, Marcus Greenfield, Hyman Cropman, Isaac Arinon, and Wolf Toohey. Over the years, the community dwindled in size. The cemetery fell into disrepair. Mr. Kemmy ensured that the work of the founders would not be forgotten. Mr. Jim Kemmy died in Dublin on September 25, 1997 after a short illness, aged 61. When he was elected Mayor of Limerick in 1991, he donated all of his mayoral salary to 25 local organisations. He had an interest in Jewish history and was a particularly strong opponent of anti-Semitism. Source: Niall Foley; niallf@indigo.ie

REFERENCE BOOKS

See Section on Ireland for listing of Reference Books on Irish Jewish Communities & Cemeteries on JCR-UK