Bank holiday

A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation, or held by convention under common law.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In Ireland, there are some bank holidays which are not public holidays.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The term "bank holiday" refers to the fact that banking institutions typically close for business on such holidays, as they once did on certain saint's days.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of current holidays

Current bank and public holidays

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1 January	New Year's Day	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y
2 JanuaryTemplate:Refn	2 January		Template:Y
First Monday in February, or 1 February if the date falls on a Friday	Imbolc / Saint Brigid's Day				Template:Y
17 MarchTemplate:Refn	Saint Patrick's Day			Template:Y	Template:Y
The Friday before Easter Sunday	Good Friday	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y		Template:Y	Template:Y
The Monday after Easter Sunday	Easter Monday	Template:Y		Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y
First Monday in MayTemplate:RefnTemplate:Refn	Early May bank holiday	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y
9 May	Liberation Day						Template:Y
Last Monday in MayTemplate:Refn	Spring Bank Holiday / Late May Bank Holiday	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y		Template:Y	Template:Y
First Monday in June	June Bank Holiday				Template:Y
First Friday in June	Senior Race Day					Template:Y
5 JulyTemplate:Refn	Tynwald Day					Template:Y
12 JulyTemplate:Refn	The Twelfth (Battle of the Boyne)			Template:Y
First Monday in August	Summer Bank Holiday (August Bank Holiday)		Template:Y		Template:Y
Last Monday in August	August Bank Holiday	Template:Y		Template:Y		Template:Y	Template:Y
Last Monday in October	October Bank Holiday				Template:Y
30 NovemberTemplate:Refn	St Andrew's Day		Template:Y
25 DecemberTemplate:Refn	Christmas Day	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y
26 DecemberTemplate:RefnTemplate:Refn	Boxing Day / Saint Stephen's Day	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y	Template:Y

See also

• List of holidays by country
  • Federal holiday, US equivalent
• Bank Holidays Act 1871
• Proposed St David's Day bank holiday

External links

• UK bank holidays
• Scotland Bank Holidays - Scottish Government
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• Public holidays (Ireland)
• Bank holidays (Ireland)
• (National) bank holidays (Ireland)
• India Bank Holidays

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