Ireland’s Jewish community is declining – One of the country’s oldest synagogues, Dublin Hebrew Congregation, is up for sale. | JNS.org

(February 15, 2023 / JNS) Of about 5.3 million Irish citizens, some 800 (.015%) are Jewish. Including Jewish expats in Ireland, that number rises to about 2,500. But however one runs the numbers, Jewish life in Ireland is disappearing.
In another sign of the times, Dublin Hebrew Congregation—which traces its origins to 1936—has put its building in the Terenure neighborhood up for sale. Dedicated in 1953, the synagogue at 32a Rathfarnham Road was designed by Irish architect Wilfred Cantwell, who gave it an iconic façade, with five Star of David windows over squared panels. The listing is for €7.5 million ($8.1 million).