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3 source-backed records whose verified scope explicitly identifies Ireland. This is an observance index, not a public-holiday calendar.

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October Public Holiday (Ireland)

Last Monday in October · Ireland / statutory public holiday on the last Monday in October

Irish Statute Book records the 1977 public-holiday statutory instrument and the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 continues the last Monday in October in the current schedule; WRC guida…

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St Patrick's Day

17 March · Ireland / national and public holiday with religious and cultural dimensions; Irish employment rules are not generalized globally

Government of Ireland material identifies 17 March as St Patrick’s Day and Ireland’s national holiday; the Workplace Relations Commission lists it among current public holidays, while the I…

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St. Stephen’s Day

26 December · Ireland / statutory public-holiday framework

Irish statutory sources and current Workplace Relations Commission guidance establish St. Stephen’s Day as a December 26 public holiday while keeping religious tradition distinct from legal…