City of Belfast
The city of Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is the capital of Northern Ireland and the largest city in the Irish province of Ulster (which comprises the six counties of northern Ireland and three counties of the Irish Republic). Situated in County Antrim, Belfast has a population of 275,000 within the city limits and 550,000 within the Greater Belfast area.
Jewish Community
Although there was a Jewish community in Belfast in 1771, the present community dates from about 1864. There were no other Jewish communities in Northern Ireland, apart from small communities (no longer extant) in Londonderry and Lurgan.
The following Congregations are, or were, considered to be part of the Belfast Community:
Articles on the Belfast Jewish Community
Belfast from "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" - Papers for a conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish Historical Society of Great Britain, prepared by Aubrey Newman - 6th July 1975. Reproduced here with his kind consent..
Jewish Encyclopedia article on Belfast by Joseph Jacobs, c-1906.
Jewish Population Data
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1861 1871 1881 1891 1895 1901 1934 1948 1949 1954 1965 1990 2004 |
- 52 for all of Northern Ireland (1861
Census of Population of Ireland) - 55 for all of Northern Ireland (1871 Census of Population of Ireland) - 78 for all of Northern Ireland (1881 Census of Population of Ireland) - 273 for all of Northern Ireland (1891 Census of Population of Ireland) - 400 to 500 (The Jewish Year Book 1896) - 763 for all of Northern Ireland (1901 Census of Population of Ireland) - 1,200 (The Jewish Year Book 1935) - 1,500 (The Jewish Year Book 1949) - 1,800 (The Jewish Year Book 1950) - 1,600 (The Jewish Year Book 1955) - 1,350 (The Jewish Year Book 1966) - 550 (The Jewish Year Book 1991) - 130 (The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
Other Belfast Information
Jewish
Property and Heritage & 
Bibliography, Local Research Libraries and other sources
Stone Inscriptions at Carnmoney Cemetery
Other Belfast Cemeteries Information
Communities & Congregations in Northern Ireland
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