Irish Jewish Museum

Irish Jewish Museum
Músaem Giúdach na hÉireann
Wall plaques at the Irish Jewish Museum. The inscription was intended to read as בּית המדרש הגדול‎ (Bet HaMidrash HaGadol), Hebrew for "Great House of Learning"
Irish Jewish Museum is located in Central Dublin
Irish Jewish Museum
Location within Dublin
Established20 June 1985 (1985-06-20)
Location3 Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates53°19′51″N 6°16′11″W / 53.3307°N 6.2696°W / 53.3307; -6.2696
TypeJewish museum
Public transit accessHarcourt Luas stop (Green Line)
South Circular Road (Victoria St) bus stop
Websitewww.jewishireland.org/irish-jewish-history/museum/

The Irish Jewish Museum (Irish: Músaem Giúdach na hÉireann) is a small museum located in the once highly Jewish populated area of Portobello, around the South Circular Road, Dublin 8, dedicated to the history of the Irish Jewish community.

The museum was opened in June 1985 by Chaim Herzog who was then president of Israel and was born in Ireland. The museum is in a former Synagogue built in 1917 in two adjoining terraced houses on Walworth Road, off the South Circular Road. The surrounding area, known as Portobello, was previously a Jewish area, however the large scale emigration that affected Ireland in the 1950s had a particularly strong effect on the Jewish population; during this period there was a migration to the suburbs and Dublin's main synagogue shifted to Terenure. The synagogue is preserved, there are artifacts on display, and the museum houses genealogical records.