[11] The Jewish community sought assistance from German and Polish Jews in London to build a wall around the cemetery.

They were refused but were later supported by the Bevis Marks Synagogue, which not only funded the wall but provided a supervisory agent from London.

[7] A 1913 account in Life in Old Dublin by James Collins recounts that some headstones were stolen from the cemetery by locals: The Jews have now two burial grounds within our city one at Harold's Cross (lately established), the older one at Fairview.

Examining his improvements he perceived near the fireplace a stone with a Hebrew inscription which intimated to the astonished Israelite that the body of his father was buried in the chimney.

[23] Harris's standing in the city is attested to by the eminent people who attended his burial in Ballybough: Lewis Harris was buried at Ballybough and his funeral was attended by the Lord Mayor, by Aldermen, physiscians, lawyers, clergymen of the Irish Church, and every single Jew in Dublin.

[25] It is sometimes incorrectly described as the graveyard that author Bram Stoker, who lived nearby, used to visit when he was young, and which influenced his novel Dracula.

[7][26][27] Inspired by the old cemetery, Dublin poet Gerry Mc Donnell (McDonnell) wrote the poetry collection Mud Island Elegy, a series of imaginary monologues looking at Jewish life in 19th century Ireland.