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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: [12] Saint Patrick's Day; Easter Monday; Whit ...
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.
Name of holiday Date of holiday Year of event Independence from Event commemorated and notes Afghanistan: Independence Day: 19 August: 1919 United Kingdom: Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 or Treaty of Rawalpindi, an armistice between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War. [1] Liberation Day: 15 February: 1989 Soviet Union
2025 federal holidays New Year's Day - Wednesday, Jan. 1Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Monday, Jan. 20Washington's Birthday / Presidents Day - Monday, Feb. 17Memorial Day - Monday, May 26 Juneteenth ...
21 April 2025 (Monday after Easter) Easter Monday: 1 May 2025: Labour Day: 9 May 2025: Europe Day: 29 May 2025: Ascension Thursday: 30 May 2025: the Friday following Ascension Day 9 June 2025: Whit Monday: 21 July 2025: Belgian National Day: 15 August 2025: Assumption: 1 November 2025: All Saints' Day: 2 November 2025: All Souls' Day: 24 to 31 ...
(January 2020) Current countries Public holidays in Afghanistan ... Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland; ... Public holidays in the Philippines;
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 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 .
In Ireland, the October Holiday (sometimes called the October Bank Holiday, Irish: Lá Saoire i Mí Dheireadh Fómhair or Lá Saoire Oíche Shamhna) is observed on the last Monday of October. [1] Usually, but not always, this is the day after the end of Western European Summer Time. It was introduced in 1977. [2]