List of West European Jews - Ireland

Ireland

  • William Annyas, Mayor of Youghal
  • Thomas John Barnardo, philanthropist (Jewish father)
  • Henri Bergson, philosopher (Anglo-Irish mother)
  • Agnes Bernelle, entertainer
  • Robert Briscoe, member of the Irish Republican Army during the Anglo-Irish War and Irish Civil War, and twice Lord Mayor of Dublin, in 1956 and 1961
  • Ben Briscoe T.D., Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1988 (and son of Robert)
  • Daniel Day-Lewis, actor (Jewish mother)
  • Gerald Goldberg, Lord Mayor of Cork
  • Chaim Herzog, Israeli president
  • Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog first Chief Rabbi of Ireland (and father of Chaim)
  • Sir Otto Jaffe, Lord Mayor of Belfast 1899 and 1904
  • Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of Ireland between 1949 and 1958 and later British Chief Rabbi
  • Isaac Leon Kandel
  • Louis Lentin, Director - Documentary Films, Television & Theatre
  • David Marcus, author, editor, broadcaster and lifelong supporter of Irish-language fiction
  • Alan Shatter, Fine Gael politician
  • Mervyn Taylor, former Irish Labour Party politician
  • Gustav Wilhelm Wolff, founder of Harland and Wolff and MP for East Belfast

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Famous quotes containing the word ireland:

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