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These are the public holidays observed in Ireland. [1] Public holidays in Ireland (as in other countries) may commemorate a special day or other event, such as Saint Patrick's Day or Christmas Day. On public holidays (sometimes referred to as bank holidays ), most businesses and schools close. Other services, for example, public transport, still operate but often with reduced schedules.
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.
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.
In Northern Ireland, St Patrick's Day and Orangemen's Day are also bank holidays. In Scotland, 2 January and St Andrew's Day are bank holidays. The Summer bank holiday varies according to jurisdiction: in Scotland, it is on the first Monday in August, and in the rest of the United Kingdom, it is on the last Monday in August.
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 Twelfth (also called Orangemen's Day) [1] is a primarily Ulster Protestant celebration held on 12 July. It began in the late 18th century in Ulster. It celebrates the Glorious Revolution (1688) and victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne (1690), which ensured a Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. On and around the Twelfth, large ...
Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, [13] Northern Ireland, [14] the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador (for provincial government employees), and the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat.
5 June – Gardaí and the Road Safety Authority urged the public to exercise caution on the roads for the remainder of the June bank holiday weekend following a number of fatal incidents in recent days. [149]