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Whiterock Parade, BELFAST, BT12 7PQ

This image shows a number of interesting feature. The obelisk on the right marks the resting place of the Hamburg-born Daniel Joseph Jaffe (1809-1874). A leading Belfast linen merchant, he died at Nice and was the first to be buried in this newly acquired Jewish burial ground. Daniel Jaffe was the father of Otto Jaffe, Lord Mayor of Belfast. The ruined building on the left, of which only the foundations remain, was a mortuary chapel. The red marble memorial in the foreground, erected in 1931 by the Belfast Chevra Kadisha, commemorates those buried in the Jewish "poor ground" - the "empty" green area. Under conditions laid down for the establishment of a Jewish cemetery no headstones were allowed for those who were buried in the poor ground. The outline of the graves can be seen in the satellite image on Google Maps.

In Belfast City Cemetery; inscribed with the names of those fallen in WWI and later.

The grave on the left is that of Myer Friedland a retired pedlar born in Russia in 1861 and who died at Clifden. Co Antrim in 1913. In all some 295 burials took place here, of which over half were children.

The Jewish section of the Belfast City Cemetery was acquired in 1871: the first burial took place 2 years later on 2 Feb 1873, and the last on 11 Jun 1964. Joseph (1864-1925) and Fanny (b. 1870) were Russian Jews who in 1911 resided with their nine children in North Street, Lurgan. Joseph was a draper. http://www.cemeteryscribes.com/showmap.php?cemeteryID=127&tree= In August 2016 the Belfast Jewish Cemetery was desecrated in a targeted attack by a gang of youths. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37199390

The Jewish section of the Belfast City Cemetery was acquired in 1871: the first burial took place 2 years later on 2 Feb 1873, and the last on 11 Jun 1964. The grave on the right is that of the Russian born Abraham Genn (1876-1921) a draper of Bedeque Street, Antrim. Married to Fanny, they had six daughters. http://www.cemeteryscribes.com/showmap.php?cemeteryID=127&tree=

The Catholic and Protestant sections of the cemetery are separated by a sunken wall.

Opened in 1869, with separate Protestant, Catholic and Jewish sections. This view is of older Protestant graves. http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/community/cemeteries/belfastcitycemetery.aspx

This image was taken from the Belfast City Cemetery. Cardinal O'Donnell's GAA play in maroon and yellow.

Traffic on the Falls Road can be seen in the middle ground.