Public Holidays in Ireland in 2026

Ireland 2026

Ireland
2026

List of Holidays in Ireland in 2026

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Thursday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	Public Holiday
Monday	Feb 02	St. Brigid's Day	Public Holiday	First Monday in February
Sunday	Mar 15	Mothering Sunday	Not A Public Holiday	Not a National Holiday
Tuesday	Mar 17	St. Patrick's Day Holiday	Public Holiday
Friday	Apr 03	Good Friday	Not A Public Holiday	Not a public holiday. Banks closed
Monday	Apr 06	Easter Monday	Public Holiday
Monday	May 04	May Bank Holiday	Public Holiday	First Monday in May
Monday	Jun 01	June Bank Holiday	Public Holiday	first Monday in June
Sunday	Jun 21	Father's Day	Not A Public Holiday	third Sunday in June. Not a public holiday
Monday	Aug 03	August Bank Holiday	Public Holiday	first Monday in August
Monday	Oct 26	October Bank Holiday	Public Holiday	last Monday in October
Friday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Public Holiday
Saturday	Dec 26	St. Stephen's Day	Public Holiday

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Where a fixed date public holiday falls on a weekend, there is no legal entitlement to for the next working day to be a holiday. If this happens a worker is entitled to either: A paid day off in the same month as the public holiday; An extra day of annual leave; An extra day's pay or the nearest church holiday to the public holiday as a day off.

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