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H = public holiday 1 January – New Year's Day (H) 6 January – Nollaig na mBan; 1 February – Imbolc; 3 February – Saint Brigid's Holiday (H) 17 March – Saint Patrick's Day (H) 20 March – Spring equinox; 8–13 April – Cúirt Festival of Literature; 16–25 May – International Literature Festival Dublin; 21 April – Easter Monday (H)
5 May – Early May bank holiday; 26 May – Spring May Bank Holiday; 12 July – Orangemen's Day; 4 August – Summer Bank Holiday; 25 August – Summer Bank Holiday; 25 December – Christmas Day; 26 December – St Stephen's Day
In 1903, Saint Patrick's Day became an official public holiday in Ireland. This was due to the Bank Holiday (Ireland) Act 1903, an Act of Parliament introduced by the Irish MP James O'Mara. [4] In 1939, the Oireachtas passed the Holidays (Employees) Act 1939 which designated the public holidays as: [10] Saint Patrick's Day; Easter Monday; Whit ...
A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation , or held by convention under common law .
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
Irish League of Credit Unions building on Lower Mount Street, Dublin Ballynahinch Credit Union, County Down, Northern Ireland. The Credit Union movement in Ireland arose out of the Dublin Central Cooperative Society, which was formed in 1952 with the following office holders: Chairman: Thomas Hogan; Secretary: Seamus McEoin, a civil servant; and Treasurer: Eugene O'Riordan, an engineer and ...
Public holidays for the institutions of the European Union in 2024 Date Day 1 January 2024: New Year's Day: 2 January 2024: Day following New Year's Day 28 March 2024 (Thursday before Easter) Maundy Thursday: 29 March 2024 (Friday before Easter) Good Friday: 1 April 2024 (Monday after Easter) Easter Monday: 1 May 2024: Labour Day: 9 May 2024 ...
In Ireland, the June Holiday (sometimes called the June Bank Holiday, Irish: Lá Saoire i mí Mheitheamh) is observed on the first Monday of June. It was previously observed as Whit Monday until 1973.