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"
	Location within Dublin
Established	20 June 1985
Location	3 Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates	53°19′51″N 6°16′11″W / 53.3307°N 6.2696°W
Type	Jewish museum
Public transit access	Harcourt Luas stop (Green Line); South Circular Road (Victoria St) bus stop
Website	www.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.