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🇮🇪 Ireland Long Weekends 2026

7 long weekends in Ireland in 2026. Plan your trips around these dates.

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Saint Brigid's Day
3 days
31 January 2026 — 2 February 2026
Easter Monday
3 days
4 April 2026 — 6 April 2026
May Day
3 days
2 May 2026 — 4 May 2026
June Holiday
3 days
30 May 2026 — 1 June 2026
August Holiday
3 days
1 August 2026 — 3 August 2026
October Holiday
3 days
24 October 2026 — 26 October 2026
Christmas Day + St. Stephen's Day
3 days
25 December 2026 — 27 December 2026
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Long Weekends Summary — Ireland 2026

Longest
Saint Brigid's Day — 3 days, no leave used
By length
0 × 4-day, 7 × 3-day

How long weekends are calculated

A long weekend forms whenever a public holiday falls on a Friday or a Monday, giving a 3-day weekend. It runs longer when holidays stack — Good Friday plus Easter Monday gives four days — and only statutory days off count, never days that are merely customary. All of these need no annual leave.
Source: Workplace Relations Commission — Public holidays ↗ · Dates verified annually. · Report an error
The WRC is the statutory body. It states ten public holidays, and that Good Friday is not one of them.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many long weekends does Ireland have in 2026?+
Ireland has 7 long weekends in 2026: 0 four-day weekends, and 7 three-day weekends.
What's the longest weekend in Ireland in 2026?+
The longest is around Saint Brigid's Day, running from 31 January 2026 to 2 February 2026 — 3 consecutive days off with no leave days needed.
How are long weekends calculated?+
A long weekend forms whenever a public holiday falls on a Friday or a Monday, giving a 3-day weekend, without using any annual leave. It gets longer when holidays stack: Good Friday plus Easter Monday makes a 4-day weekend, and a holiday on both the Thursday and the Friday makes four days from Thursday to Sunday. Days that are widely taken off but are not statutory — Christmas Eve in Sweden, or the day after Ascension in Belgium — do not count, because your employer is not obliged to give them to you.
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