Public holidays · 2024
August Bank Holiday falls on Monday 5 August 2024 in Ireland in 2024.
A public holiday across Ireland: most employees have the day off.
In 2024 it falls on a Monday, a working day.
The date changes from year to year.
Saturday and Sunday · A public holiday does not always close every business. Essential services, shops and some industries keep working, and pay rules differ by country and contract.
The August Bank Holiday is an Irish public holiday on the first Monday of August. It is the main summer break of the Irish calendar, a secular holiday with no particular theme that falls in the middle of the school summer holidays. Many people use the long weekend for a trip to the seaside, for festivals and agricultural shows, or for visiting family, and it is one of the busiest weekends of the year for domestic travel.
The same Monday is the Summer Bank Holiday in Scotland, but not in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, which keep the last Monday of August. In Ireland the weekend often features horse racing meetings and music festivals, and the Puck Fair, a traditional festival in Killorglin, County Kerry, takes place around 10 to 12 August. The Irish holiday is traditionally associated with Lughnasa, the old Gaelic harvest festival.
Everywhere in Ireland.
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A public holiday across Ireland: most employees have the day off.
Monday 5 August 2024.