**COMPLETED** Is there a Kemp Street in Cork?

[OZ1977]

Hello all,

Quoting from the Jewish Communities and Records (UK)'s site 'The Rise of Provincial Jewry'  copyright 2013, "There was a synagogue at Cork also in the first half of the eighteenth century, with its own Shochet and its burial-ground in Kemp Street"

I have attempted to find Kemp Street in modern Cork to no avail.  Where I imagine it to be is noted as Sawmill Street on modern maps.  Are they the same thing?

Regards
Miles

[Gadget]

Hi

Cork is one of my favourite cities 

Here's an 1893 map with Kemp Street showing between South Terrace and Douglas Street. I had to enlarge it to over 200% to find it.

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/mapsimages/corkcityinoldmaps/1893guysmapofcorkcity/1893-guys1.pdf


brevitas

[shanew147]

and here on the OSI maps - in c1890 and c1837

the old street no longer exists. Seems to have been between Rutland St. and White St., and partially under the car park off Sawmill St.

[oldkingkole]

If you goggle "Kemp Street Cork" you also find a few references..
this maybe of interest from Cork Independent News

http://archive.corkindependent.com/history/history/in-the-footsteps-of-st.-finbarre-(part-222)-from-russia-with-hope/

"According to UCC historians, Dermot Keogh and Diarmuid Whelan in their tribute to Gerald Goldberg, the Jewish community in Cork have had a presence in Cork since at least the early eighteenth century. The first wave of Jewish emigration to Cork was in 1772 with the influx of a small community of Sephardic Jews from Portugal. Relatively little is known about this first community. Although they did not have a synagogue, a burial ground was discovered at Kemp Street, to the back of the present synagogue on number 10, South Terrace, Cork City"

Part of this quote is also on a site called Cork Hebrew Congregation
http://www.corkhebrewcongregation.com/history/

So it seems to have been pretty near  George's Quay.

It also seem to have existed into the 1950's as a reference comes up for it in that period?

Padraig

[Sean O Callaghan]

I know the Cork Synagogue well. The area behind it is now a large car park. There is a lane running to one side of the synagogue which is parallel with Rutland Street and with White Street further along and that might be what is left of Kemp St. It may be that it is part of what is now the Lee Garage, or at least running alongside it, but it would be too narrow for any cemetery and maybe the garage was built over the cemetery land or took much of the land the street was on?  This is an old photograph of the garage. You can see the synagogue to the left of it and the garage seems to take up quite a large space next to the synagogue.  Kemp Street is either lost to the garage, I suspect, or/and to the car park at the back of the synagogue.

https://plus.google.com/104058084136655763729/photos/photo/5731339193699628930?hl=en

[OZ1977]

Thank you all ... the 1893 map is perfect.  The other information and photo are most appreciated.

Kind regards to all