Cork (Irish: Corcaigh) is the second largest city of the Republic of Ireland. The city is a major port, although situated slightly inland from Ireland’s southern coast proper, sitting on the estuary of the river Lee where it flows into Lough Mahon and thence to Cork Harbour. Although geographically part of County Cork, the city of Cork has a separate administration, and was officially referred to as a “County Borough” until 2001, when the term was formally replace by “City”. Although the city has a population of about 120,000, there are well over 185,000 living in the Greater Cork area.
The following congregations are, or were, considered to be part of the Cork Community:
Articles on the Cork Community
The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Cork by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
News Cuttings on Cork from the Jewish Chronicle
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Jewish Population Data |
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1905 1919 1946 1954 1958 1964 2004 |
400 - (Jewish Year Book 1906) 450 - (Jewish Year Book 1920) 300 - (Jewish Year Book 1947) 200 - (Jewish Year Book 1955) 154 - (Jewish Year Book 1959) 60 - (Jewish Year Book 1965) 30 - (Jewish Year Book 2005) |
Other Cork Information
Jewish Property and 
Bibliography and other sources
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