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JCR-UK is a genealogical and historical website covering all Jewish communities and
congregations throughout the British Isles and Gibraltar, both past and present.
NOTE: We are not the official website for this community.
City of Dublin
Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland
and the largest city of Ireland, located nearly half way down the island’s east
coast, at the mouth of the river Liffey. Although geographically part of County
Dublin, the City of Dublin has had a separate administration for several
centuries. Although the City of Dublin has a population of about half
a million, there are well over one million people in the Greater Dublin area.
The Dublin Jewish Community
The Dublin Jewish Community would appear to have been
established shortly following the readmission of the Jews to England in the 1660's, and is
thus the second oldest community in the British Isles. The first community
was of Spanish and Portuguese (Sephardi) origin, but these elements died out and
were later replaced primarily by Ashkenazi Jews.
Jewish Congregations
The following are the Jewish congregations that exist or existed in and around Dublin:
* An active congregation
(4) pages with photographs
(7) pages with lists of ministers and/or officers
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The following are former, alternative or unofficial names of the above congregations:
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Bibliography, On-line Articles and Other Material relating to the Dublin Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Dublin by Cecil Roth, 1950 -
available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
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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:
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Material relating to the community's cemeteries - see
below.
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Dublin Bibliography
on Third Party websites
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Other Dublin Jewish Institutions & Organisations
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Educational & Theological
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Other Institutions & Organisations
(that had been formed by 1900*)
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Philanthropic Society (founded by 1874)..
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Ladies' Benevolent Society (founded in 1888,
although there was a Ladies' Society in existance by 1874), for relief of poor lying-in women
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Jewish Board of Guardians (founded by 1882), for relief of poor, by loans or otherwise.
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Hakhnosas Orkhim (founded 1888), for relief of strangers and to give them shelter.
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Medical Relief Society (founded 1888), for relief of poor during Shiva, and medical attendance.
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Chevra Kadisha (founded by 1896), for relief of poor in case of death and for inexpensive burials.
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Young Men's Reading Rooms
(founded 1895), to foster taste for English and Hebrew literature.
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* As listed in the Jewish Directory of 1874 and the Jewish Year Books 1896/7.
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Dublin Jewish Cemeteries Information
Dublin has the following Jewish cemeteries:
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Dolphin Barn Jewish Cemetery, Aughavanagh Road, Dublin D8. This cemetery, opened in 1898, is the cemetery currently in use by the Dublin Orthodox Jewish community:
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Ballybough (Old) Jewish Cemetery,
67 Fairview Strand, Fairfields, Dublin D3. This is the oldest Jewish
site in Ireland and dates from 1718 (the date of the original lease).
The cemetery is no longer is use, having been superceded by the Dolphin
Barn Cemetery. It contains some 150 marked graves and many more unmarked.
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Woodtown Progressive Jewish Cemetery, Oldcourt Road, Woodtown, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin. It was opened in 1952.
(See also
IAJGS - International Jewish Cemetery Project - Dublin)
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Dublin Jewish Population Data
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1895
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2,000 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1895/6) |
1909
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2,700 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1910) |
1915
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3,500 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1916) |
1946
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5,211 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1947) |
1955
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5,200 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1956) |
1965
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3,600 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1966) |
1975
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2,800 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1976) |
1985
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2,000 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1986) |
1995
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1,300 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1996) |
2005
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1,500 |
(The Jewish Year Book 2006) |
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Page created: 25 January 2006
Latest revision or update: 11 December 2019
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