Dolphins Barn Jewish Cemetery was established in 1898 by Robert Bradlaw a dentist and prominent member of Dublin's Jewish community who raised £300 in donations to set up a new

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. and the Dublin Jewish Holy Burial Society (HBS), founded in 1884 and dedicated to financier and philanthropist Sir

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. It replaced

Ballybough Cemetery Ballybough Cemetery () is a Jewish cemetery in Ballybough, Dublin. Founded in 1718, it is Ireland's oldest Jewish cemetery. Location The cemetery is bounded on one side by a former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks (1830–1910). On the other ...

, Fairview, as the principal Jewish cemetery in Dublin, and close to the south circular road area, where a large number of jews lived. There is also a prayer room on the site. With Dolphins barn being the Orthodox cemetery, there is also a Progressive Jewish Cemetery, Woodtown Cemetery, on Oldcourt Road, Rathfarnham, established in 1952.

Burials

The earliest burial is that of Ze'ev, son of Gedaliya Levi Goldring, who died 6 September 1898. It contains one Commonwealth grave from

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Common War Graves, Traces of War. The cemetery founder Robert Bradlaw is buried also here.

References

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