Dolphins Barn Jewish Cemetery | |
Map Type: | Dublin |
Established: | 1898 |
Country: | Ireland |
Location: | Aughavanagh Road, Drimnagh, Dublin |
Coordinates: | 53.329°N -6.2877°W |
Type: | Jewish (Orthodox) |
Owner: | Dublin Jewish Holy Burial Society |
Findagraveid: | 2306615 |
Dolphins Barn Jewish Cemetery was established in 1898 by Robert Bradlaw[1] a dentist and prominent member of Dublin's Jewish community who raised £300 in donations to set up a new chevra kadisha.[2] and the Dublin Jewish Holy Burial Society (HBS), founded in 1884[3] and dedicated to financier and philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore. It replaced Ballybough Cemetery, 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.[4] With Dolphins barn being the Orthodox cemetery, there is also a Progressive Jewish Cemetery, Woodtown Cemetery, on Oldcourt Road, Rathfarnham, established in 1952.[5]
The earliest burial is that of Ze'ev, son of Gedaliya Levi Goldring, who died 6 September 1898. It contains one Commonwealth grave from World War II that of Flight Lieutenant [Pilot] Maurice Donald Khan.[6] The cemetery founder Robert Bradlaw is buried also here.