Public holidays · 2025
October Bank Holiday falls on Monday 27 October 2025 in Ireland in 2025.
A public holiday across Ireland: most employees have the day off.
In 2025 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 October Bank Holiday is an Irish public holiday on the last Monday of October. It is a secular holiday that falls in the autumn midterm break of many schools, so many families use it for short trips, visits to relatives or Halloween events. Halloween, on 31 October, is the eve of Samhain, the ancient Gaelic festival on 1 November that marked the end of the harvest, and the Irish holiday sits close to it.
The Dublin Marathon is held on the last Sunday of October, so the long weekend is among the best-known weekends for running events in Ireland, with thousands of runners and large crowds along the route. Halloween events, which are especially popular in Ireland, are often timed to the long weekend. Traditions include bonfires, costumes and barmbrack, a fruit bread baked with small items inside that are said to predict the future.
Everywhere in Ireland.
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A public holiday across Ireland: most employees have the day off.
Monday 27 October 2025.