Dolphins Barn Jewish Cemetery was established in 1898 by Robert Bradlaw[1] a dentist and prominent member of Dublin's Jewish community who raised £300 in donations to set up a new chevra kadisha.

[2] and the Dublin Jewish Holy Burial Society (HBS), founded in 1884[3] and dedicated to financier and philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore.

It replaced Ballybough Cemetery, Fairview, as the principal Jewish cemetery in Dublin, and close to the south circular road area, where a large number of jews lived.

[5] The earliest burial is that of Ze'ev, son of Gedaliya Levi Goldring, who died 6 September 1898.

It contains one Commonwealth grave from World War II that of Flight Lieutenant [Pilot] Maurice Donald Khan.