Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
April 18
Good Friday (banks closed)
April 20-April
21
Easter Sunday and Monday
Late April
International Pan Celtic Festival (festival in Derry in 2014 and 2015,
www.panceltic.ie
)
May 5
Labor Day; Early May Bank Holiday, Ireland and UK (banks closed)
June 2
Spring Bank Holiday, UK (banks closed); also June Holiday, Ireland (banks closed)
June 16
Bloomsday, Dublin (James Joyce festival,
www.jamesjoyce.ie
)
July 12
Battle of the Boyne anniversary, Northern Ireland (Protestant marches, protests)
Mid- to late
July
Galway Arts Festival (
www.galwayartsfestival.com
)
Late July-early
Aug
Galway Races (horse races,
www.galwayraces.com
)
Aug 4
August Bank Holiday, Ireland (banks closed)
Early Aug
Dingle Races (horse races,
www.dingleraces.ie
)
Early-Mid-
Aug
Dingle Regatta (boat races)
Aug 10-12
Puck Fair, Killorglin, Kerry (“Ireland's Oldest Fair” and drink-fest,
www.puckfair.ie
)
Aug 15
Kenmare Fair (
www.kenmare.com
)
Mid-Aug
Féile an Phobail, West Belfast (Irish cultural festival,
www.feilebelfast.com
)
Aug 25
Late Summer Bank Holiday, UK only (banks closed)
Late Aug
Rose of Tralee International Festival (
http://roseoftralee.ie
)
Late Aug-
Early Sept
Blessing of the Boats, Dingle (maritime festival)
Mid-Sept
Galway Races (
www.galwayraces.com
)
Late Sept
Galway Oyster Festival (4 days,
www.galwayoysterfest.com
)
Oct 27
October Bank Holiday, Ireland (banks closed)
Late Oct
Galway Races (
www.galwayraces.com
)
Late Oct-Early
Nov
Belfast Festival at Queen's (
www.belfastfestival.com
)
Dec 25
Christmas holiday, Ireland and UK
Dec 26
St. Stephen's Day, Ireland (religious festival); Boxing Day, UK
Dec 31
New Year's Eve
