Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, having opted to remain in the United Kingdom when the rest of Ireland withdrew in 1922 to form the Irish Free State, later the Republic of Ireland. Ireland had been part of the United Kingdom since the Act of Union of 1801 between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

 

BELFAST

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

The Jewish Community and Synagogues of Northern Ireland (past and present) on the JCR-UK website.

[UPDATE] Despite dwindling numbers, Ireland's Jewish community celebrates a rich history [January 2017]

 

For

Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain website - http://www.jgsgb.org.uk

Northern Ireland Jewish Heritage Map (https://belfastjewishheritage.org/) - the Jewish history of Northern Ireland told through an interactive map. A project of Belfast Jewish Heritage. (project director - Steven Jaffe). [November 2025]