Ballybough Cemetery
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'Ballybough Cemetery' in Fairview
, is Dublin's oldest Jewish Cemetery.
On the 28th of October 1718, Alexander Felix (David Penso), Jacob Do Porto, and David Machado Do Sequeira, on behalf of the Ashkennazim
leased a plot of land, from Captain Chichester Phillips of Drumcondra
Castle (an MP in the Irish Parliament). and the graveyard was built.
In the 1700's a small number of jews had settled in the Annadale area off ellis ave. (what is now philipsburg avenue), fairview, most of these marrano
jews came from Spain(some from the Netherlands) and Portugal, escaping the inquisition.
A mortuary chapel added in 1857 ( inscribed on the front, Built in the Year 5618, with the Hebrew date 5618), and contains more than 200 graves. The last burial there was in 1958. Most of Dublin's Jewish community would be buried in Dolphins Barn cemetery now.
Close by is another grave plot (sometimes called Ballybough Cemetery), locally called the suicide plot which was used for suicide victims, robbers and highwaymen, which had the practice of driving wooden stakes through the corpses hearts, this is where the author of Dracula
, who lived locally Bram Stoker
used to visit when he was young and influenced his Novel.
Fairview
-Canada:* Fairview, Alberta * Fairview, British Columbia an old mining community* Fairview, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta* Fairview Mall, a shopping center in Toronto, Ontario* Fairview, Nova Scotia...
, is Dublin's oldest Jewish Cemetery.
On the 28th of October 1718, Alexander Felix (David Penso), Jacob Do Porto, and David Machado Do Sequeira, on behalf of the Ashkennazim
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim , are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities along the Rhine in Germany from Alsace in the south to the Rhineland in the north. Ashkenaz is the medieval Hebrew name for this region and thus for Germany...
leased a plot of land, from Captain Chichester Phillips of Drumcondra
Drumcondra
Drumcondra is the name of several places:* Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland, a residential area on the Northside of Dublin.** Drumcondra railway station** Drumcondra F.C., former football club...
Castle (an MP in the Irish Parliament). and the graveyard was built.
In the 1700's a small number of jews had settled in the Annadale area off ellis ave. (what is now philipsburg avenue), fairview, most of these marrano
Marrano
Marranos were Jews living in the Iberian peninsula who converted to Christianity rather than be expelled but continued to observe rabbinic Judaism in secret...
jews came from Spain(some from the Netherlands) and Portugal, escaping the inquisition.
A mortuary chapel added in 1857 ( inscribed on the front, Built in the Year 5618, with the Hebrew date 5618), and contains more than 200 graves. The last burial there was in 1958. Most of Dublin's Jewish community would be buried in Dolphins Barn cemetery now.
Close by is another grave plot (sometimes called Ballybough Cemetery), locally called the suicide plot which was used for suicide victims, robbers and highwaymen, which had the practice of driving wooden stakes through the corpses hearts, this is where the author of Dracula
Dracula
Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...
, who lived locally Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula...
used to visit when he was young and influenced his Novel.