NORTHERN IRELAND JEWISH HERITAGE MAP
Launched in 2022, an interactive web resource for Jewish heritage in Belfast and elsewhere in Northern Ireland. It includes physical sites, stories, personalities.
BELFAST
Belfast Jewish community web site
Synagogue
49 Somerton Road
Belfast BT15 3LH
Tel: +44 28 9077 5013
This round, modern building, dedicated in 1964, is a distinctive monument in the city. Designed by the architectural firm Yorke, Rosenberg, Mardell, the synagogue has ceiling beams that form a star of David — seen also on the roof, from above. There is no women’s gallery, but separate raised sections for women, separated from the main part of the sanctuary by a railing. The synagogue was listed as one of Belfast’s historic buildings in August, 2015.
Jewish Cemetery
In the Belfast City Cemetery, Falls Road, West Belfast
The Jewish section of the City Cemetery was founded in the early 1870s, with the first burial, that of a stillborn baby, in 1873, the last burial in 1964. Some 296 people are interred there. The site has been subject to vandalism over the years.
Video tour of the Jewish cemetery in the City Cemetery:
Queen’s University Belfast Library, Special Collections: Jewish Collections
Books, Newspapers, Archives and other material related to the history of Jews in Ireland, with a focus on Northern Ireland