Discovering Ireland Guide 2021

Public Holidays Ireland public holidays require most businesses and non-essential services to close. If a bank holiday falls on a weekend, the first working day following will be deemed the bank holiday.

Holiday

Date

New Year’s Day

1 January

St. Patrick’s Day

Celebrated 17 March

Bank Holiday – Not a Public Holiday

Good Friday

Easter Monday

The Monday following Easter Sunday.

May Day

First Monday of May

June Bank Holiday

First Monday of June

August Bank Holiday

First Monday of August. Summer holiday.

October Bank Holiday

Last Monday of October. Halloween or Samhain holiday.

Christmas Day

Celebrated 25 December

St. Stephen’s Day

Celebrated 26 December

Time Zones Local Time Zone

The Ireland is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in winter, Irish Standard Time in summer. Like most European countries, summertime (daylight- saving) is observed in Ireland by shifting one hour ahead of the GMT (GTM+1). After the summer months the time is shifted back by one hour (GMT+0). Telling Time The 12-hour clock is most commonly used to tell time in Ireland. The context of the situation will determine how to say the time. In Ireland the abbreviation a.m. is used, but it stands for “ ar maidin” in the morning rather than ante meridian. Times after 12:00 are described as follows 3:00 i.n , short for afternoon “ iarnóin”. The 24-hour clock is used in some circumstances.

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