Ireland Calendar

Ireland uses Greenwich Mean Time in winter and Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) from late March to late October, keeping it in step with the UK. Most of its ten public holidays are fixed to a Monday, and St Brigid's Day — added in 2023 — was the first new public holiday in decades and the first named after an Irish woman.

Date	Holiday	Country	Type
2026-01-01	New Year's Day	Ireland	national
2026-02-02	St Brigid's Day	Ireland	national
2026-03-17	St Patrick's Day	Ireland	national
2026-04-06	Easter Monday	Ireland	national
2026-05-04	May Bank Holiday	Ireland	national
2026-06-01	June Bank Holiday	Ireland	national
2026-08-03	August Bank Holiday	Ireland	national
2026-10-26	October Bank Holiday	Ireland	national
2026-12-25	Christmas Day	Ireland	national
2026-12-26	St Stephen's Day	Ireland	national

Ireland has ten public holidays. Good Friday is not one of them, although many businesses close. When a public holiday falls on a weekend there is no automatic substitute weekday: employers must instead give a paid day off within a month, an extra day of annual leave, or an extra day's pay.