Bank holidays in Ireland in 2026

• Sat 31 Jan – Mon 2 Feb3 days off · St. Brigid’s Day
• Sat 4 Apr – Mon 6 Apr3 days off · Easter Monday
• Sat 2 May – Mon 4 May3 days off · First Monday in May
• Sat 30 May – Mon 1 Jun3 days off · First Monday in June
• Sat 1 Aug – Mon 3 Aug3 days off · First Monday in August
• Sat 24 Oct – Mon 26 Oct3 days off · Last Monday in October
• Fri 25 Dec – Sun 27 Dec3 days off · Christmas Day and St. Stephen’s Day

• Bridge day: take Fri 2 Jan off, and Thu 1 Jan – Sun 4 Jan is 4 days off in a row (New Year's Day).
• Bridge day: take Mon 16 Mar off, and Sat 14 Mar – Tue 17 Mar is 4 days off in a row (St. Patrick’s Day).

Counted with the weekend in Ireland (Saturday and Sunday) and the holidays that apply everywhere: a long weekend is three or more days off in a row, and a bridge day is a single working day between a holiday and a weekend or another holiday.

• Dates worked out from the date-holidays rules, version 3.37.0, and checked day by day against Nager.Date’s for 2026 to 2028.
• Where a holiday falls on a weekend and the law gives the day off on another day, that day is listed as a substitute day.
• Days marked “banks and offices closed” aren’t public holidays, but banks and many offices close.
• A holiday declared at short notice, for an event or an election, may be missing.