Public Holidays & School Holidays Ireland

Public Holidays Ireland 2008

1 Jan : New Year's Day
17 Mar : St. Patrick's Day
24 Mar : Easter Monday
5 May : May Day
2 Jun : June Bank Holiday
4 Aug : August Bank Holiday
27 Oct : October Bank Holiday
25 Dec : Christmas Day
26 Dec : St. Stephen's Day

Public Holidays Ireland 2009

1 Jan : New Year's Day
17 Mar : St. Patrick's Day
13 Apr: Easter Monday
4 May : May Day
1 Jun : June Bank Holiday
3 Aug : August Bank Holiday
26 Oct : October Bank Holiday
25 Dec : Christmas Day
26 Dec : St. Stephen's Day
28 Dec : Public Holiday

 

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 2008 - 2009

October 2008 mid term break

Schools will close from 27th to 31st October 2008 inclusive

Christmas 2008

All schools will close on 23rd December 2008. Schools will re-open on 7th January 2009.

February 2009 mid-term break

Post-Primary schools will close from 16th to 20th February 2009 inclusive.
Primary schools will close from 16th to 17th February 2009 inclusive or 19th to 20th inclusive. (Primary schools may use 3 discretionary days to extend this break to an alternative option of a 5 day break).

St Patrick's day - Tuesday, 17th March.

Easter 2009

All schools will close on 3rd April 2009 which will be the final day of the school term. All schools will re-open on 20th April 2009.

May Bank Holiday - Monday, 4th May.

June Bank Holiday - Monday, 1st June.

Summer Holidays 2009

Secondary schools (aside from leaving cert & junior cert examination years) genarally close in the week before the June bank holiday. National primary schools close towards the end of June, at the principal’s discretion and private primary schools generally tend to close the week before the June bank holiday as well. 

Leaving Certificate Examination/Junior Certificate Examination 2009

The start date for the Leaving Certificate Examination 2009 and the Junior Certificate 2009 will be Wednesday the 3rd of June 2009.

 

October 2009 mid-term break

All schools will close from 26th to 30th October 2009 inclusive.

Christmas 2009

All schools will close on 22nd December 2009 which will be the final day of the school term. All schools will re-open on 7th January 2010.

 

 

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