Annual Wallplanner
Ireland Public Holidays & Year Planner for 2026
Your complete guide to Ireland's public holidays for 2026. This interactive wallplanner provides a clear overview of national public holidays and bank holidays, plus significant cultural dates to help you plan with confidence.
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2026
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Choose which holiday and planning layers appear in the calendar.
Interactive calendar data loads when this page is opened in your browser. Use the year and category controls above to view public holidays, significant dates, and export options.
Planning Around Irish Public Holidays
Irish planning requires more than listing public holidays. Good Friday is widely observed in many sectors without being a statutory public holiday, and practical shutdown patterns around Christmas can reduce effective working capacity. A wallplanner helps teams see these operational constraints in context, so schedules are not built on nominal calendar assumptions alone.
For real-world use, finance teams can align filing and payment workflows with lower-disruption periods, while legal teams can map court timetable pressure points against holiday-adjacent weeks. Property and conveyancing teams can use the same view to avoid avoidable compression around year-end slowdowns. Annual visibility improves sequencing and resourcing decisions before they become deadline risks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Public holidays (including bank holidays) are official non-working days defined by law. Dates of significance (like Valentine's Day or Halloween) are culturally relevant dates included for context but are normal working days.
No. This wallplanner focuses on public holidays and significant dates. Court vacations and industry-specific shutdowns are applied in the main Working Day Calculator tool, not visualized here.
Yes! Use the 'Export to PDF' button within the controls section above the calendar to generate a high-quality PDF version of the currently displayed year, suitable for printing. You can also use the 'Export to ICS' button to download an iCalendar file that can be imported into calendar applications like Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Microsoft Outlook.
Irish public holiday entitlements are set in law, and employers typically observe the next weekday or provide an alternative entitlement. Always check your employment contract or HR policy for the exact approach.
Irish public holiday entitlements depend on the employee's working pattern and contract. Employers must provide one of the statutory entitlements, such as a paid day off, additional leave, or extra pay.