Verified guide
Ireland public holidays for 2026
These observed dates come from the bundled verified holiday dataset used by Breakgain. Whether a public holiday is a non-working day for you depends on your entitlement and working pattern.
Observed holidays
Substitute dates
Planning year
Verified dates
Holiday list
Substitute status is shown where the official observed date differs from the original holiday date.
New Year's Day
First Monday in February
St. Patrick's Day
Easter Monday
Monday in May
First Monday in June
First Monday in August
Last Monday in October
Christmas Day
St. Stephen's Day
The WRC states there is no legal entitlement to have the next working day off when an Irish public holiday falls on a weekend.
Source and provenance
Verified structured data only.
Source: Workplace Relations Commission Public Holidays. Accessed 23 Jul 2026. Dataset version IE-2026.2026-07-23; manifest version 2026.08.04.
Breakgain will not infer missing public holidays. Invalid region or year combinations are excluded from the guide route and sitemap.
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