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First Monday in February. Saint Brigid's Day / Imbolc. Lá Fhéile Bríde or. Imbolc. First observed in 2023. First Monday of February, or on 1 February if it is a Friday. [2] [3] Co-celebrated with the traditional festival of Imbolc . 17 March. Saint Patrick's Day.
June 1. ( 2026-06-01) Frequency. Annual. First time. 1974. 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. [1] It was previously observed as Whit Monday until 1973. [2] [3]
Imbolc. Imbolc or Imbolg ( Irish pronunciation: [ɪˈmˠɔlˠɡ] ), also called Saint Brigid's Day ( Irish: Lá Fhéile Bríde; Scottish Gaelic: Là Fhèill Brìghde; Manx: Laa'l Breeshey ), is a Gaelic traditional festival. It marks the beginning of spring, and for Christians, it is the feast day of Saint Brigid, Ireland's patroness saint.
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week. But in 2023 India has 365 holidays which 17 Gazetted holidays and more than 340 restricted holidays.
Bank holiday. 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 August Holiday (Irish: Lá Saoire i mí Lúnasa), also called the August Bank Holiday, is observed in Ireland on the first Monday of August. [1] [2] It was first observed in 1871, when it was created by the UK Act of Parliament, the Bank Holidays Act 1871 .
In Germany, Whit Monday ( German: Pfingstmontag [p͡fɪŋstˈmoːntaːk] ⓘ) is a Holy Day of Obligation for Roman Catholics. [4] It is celebrated in South Tyrol, and for its capital city Bolzano it replaces the holiday of the local patron saint celebrated elsewhere in Italy. Until 1973, Whit Monday was a public holiday in Ireland (also called ...
October 26. ( 2026-10-26) Frequency. Annual. First time. 1977. 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.