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Londonderry Synagogue, Londonderry,

County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Created 28 August 2005
Latest Update 12 June 2006

City of Londonderry

Londonderry or Derry (Doire or Doire Cholm Chille in Irish) is a city in Northern Ireland on the banks of the river Foyle. Situated in County Londonderry, it has a population of approximately 105,000.

The following was the only Jewish congregation in Londonderry:

Congregation Data

Name: Londonderry Synagogue
Address: 4 Kennedy Place, Northern Ireland (from about 1940)
Previous Addresses:: Hawkins Street, Londonderry (from about 1900), and previously,18 Abercorn Street, Londonderry
Date Founded: 1894 
Current Status: Closed (about 1948)
Ritual: Ashkenazi Orthodox
Membership Data: 1900 -  15 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900-01)

Jewish Population Data

1895
1898
1934
1939
1945
1946
-   43  (The Jewish Year Book 1896-7)
-   53  (The Jewish Year Book 1998-9)
-   50 (The Jewish Year Book 1935)
- 109  (The Jewish Year Book 1940)
-   72  (The Jewish Year Book 1945-6)
-   42  (The Jewish Year Book 1947)

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