Ireland school holidays 2027/28
Back to the full page
Ireland terms 2027/28
| Term | Starts | Ends |
|---|
| Autumn term | Set by your school | Wed 22 Dec 2027 |
|---|
| Spring term | Thu 6 Jan 2028 | Fri 7 Apr 2028 |
|---|
| Summer term | Mon 24 Apr 2028 | Set by your school |
|---|
Ireland holidays 2027/28
| Holiday | First day off | Last day off |
|---|
| October mid-term break | Mon 25 Oct 2027 | Fri 29 Oct 2027 |
|---|
| Christmas holiday | Thu 23 Dec 2027 | Wed 5 Jan 2028 |
|---|
| February mid-term break (Secondary) | Mon 21 Feb 2028 | Fri 25 Feb 2028 |
|---|
| February mid-term break (Primary, Special schools, Pre-school) | Thu 24 Feb 2028 | Fri 25 Feb 2028 |
|---|
| Easter holiday | Mon 10 Apr 2028 | Fri 21 Apr 2028 |
|---|
2027/28 at a glance
• holiday✕ pupil-freeterm~ window — your school chooses? set by your school / not yet published
September 2027
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | 1 set by your school | 2 set by your school | 3 set by your school | 4 | 5 |
| 6 set by your school | 7 set by your school | 8 set by your school | 9 set by your school | 10 set by your school | 11 | 12 |
| 13 set by your school | 14 set by your school | 15 set by your school | 16 set by your school | 17 set by your school | 18 | 19 |
| 20 set by your school | 21 set by your school | 22 set by your school | 23 set by your school | 24 set by your school | 25 | 26 |
| 27 set by your school | 28 set by your school | 29 set by your school | 30 set by your school | | | |
October 2027
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | | | 1 set by your school | 2 | 3 |
| 4 set by your school | 5 set by your school | 6 set by your school | 7 set by your school | 8 set by your school | 9 | 10 |
| 11 set by your school | 12 set by your school | 13 set by your school | 14 set by your school | 15 set by your school | 16 | 17 |
| 18 set by your school | 19 set by your school | 20 set by your school | 21 set by your school | 22 set by your school | 23 | 24 |
| 25 holiday | 26 holiday | 27 holiday | 28 holiday | 29 holiday | 30 | 31 |
November 2027
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| 1 set by your school | 2 set by your school | 3 set by your school | 4 set by your school | 5 set by your school | 6 | 7 |
| 8 set by your school | 9 set by your school | 10 set by your school | 11 set by your school | 12 set by your school | 13 | 14 |
| 15 set by your school | 16 set by your school | 17 set by your school | 18 set by your school | 19 set by your school | 20 | 21 |
| 22 set by your school | 23 set by your school | 24 set by your school | 25 set by your school | 26 set by your school | 27 | 28 |
| 29 set by your school | 30 set by your school | | | | | |
December 2027
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | 1 set by your school | 2 set by your school | 3 set by your school | 4 | 5 |
| 6 set by your school | 7 set by your school | 8 set by your school | 9 set by your school | 10 set by your school | 11 | 12 |
| 13 set by your school | 14 set by your school | 15 set by your school | 16 set by your school | 17 set by your school | 18 | 19 |
| 20 set by your school | 21 set by your school | 22 set by your school | 23 holiday | 24 holiday | 25 | 26 |
| 27 holiday | 28 holiday | 29 holiday | 30 holiday | 31 holiday | | |
January 2028
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | | | | 1 | 2 |
| 3 holiday | 4 holiday | 5 holiday | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | | | | | | |
February 2028
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | | | | | |
March 2028
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | | |
April 2028
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | | | | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 holiday | 11 holiday | 12 holiday | 13 holiday | 14 holiday | 15 | 16 |
| 17 holiday | 18 holiday | 19 holiday | 20 holiday | 21 holiday | 22 | 23 |
| 24 set by your school | 25 set by your school | 26 set by your school | 27 set by your school | 28 set by your school | 29 | 30 |
May 2028
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| 1 set by your school | 2 set by your school | 3 set by your school | 4 set by your school | 5 set by your school | 6 | 7 |
| 8 set by your school | 9 set by your school | 10 set by your school | 11 set by your school | 12 set by your school | 13 | 14 |
| 15 set by your school | 16 set by your school | 17 set by your school | 18 set by your school | 19 set by your school | 20 | 21 |
| 22 set by your school | 23 set by your school | 24 set by your school | 25 set by your school | 26 set by your school | 27 | 28 |
| 29 set by your school | 30 set by your school | 31 set by your school | | | | |
June 2028
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | | 1 set by your school | 2 set by your school | 3 | 4 |
| 5 set by your school | 6 set by your school | 7 set by your school | 8 set by your school | 9 set by your school | 10 | 11 |
| 12 set by your school | 13 set by your school | 14 set by your school | 15 set by your school | 16 set by your school | 17 | 18 |
| 19 set by your school | 20 set by your school | 21 set by your school | 22 set by your school | 23 set by your school | 24 | 25 |
| 26 set by your school | 27 set by your school | 28 set by your school | 29 set by your school | 30 set by your school | | |
July 2028
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | | | | 1 | 2 |
| 3 set by your school | 4 set by your school | 5 set by your school | 6 set by your school | 7 set by your school | 8 | 9 |
| 10 set by your school | 11 set by your school | 12 set by your school | 13 set by your school | 14 set by your school | 15 | 16 |
| 17 set by your school | 18 set by your school | 19 set by your school | 20 set by your school | 21 set by your school | 22 | 23 |
| 24 set by your school | 25 set by your school | 26 set by your school | 27 set by your school | 28 set by your school | 29 | 30 |
| 31 set by your school | | | | | | |
August 2028
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| 1 set by your school | 2 set by your school | 3 set by your school | 4 set by your school | 5 | 6 |
| 7 set by your school | 8 set by your school | 9 set by your school | 10 set by your school | 11 set by your school | 12 | 13 |
| 14 set by your school | 15 set by your school | 16 set by your school | 17 set by your school | 18 set by your school | 19 | 20 |
| 21 set by your school | 22 set by your school | 23 set by your school | 24 set by your school | 25 set by your school | 26 | 27 |
| 28 set by your school | 29 set by your school | 30 set by your school | 31 set by your school | | | |
The Department standardises the main mid-term, Christmas and Easter breaks, but each school sets its own opening and closing dates within the required school-year framework.
Source: Department of Education, Circular 0018/2026, standardisation of the school year. https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/circulars/standardisation-of-the-school-year-in-respect-of-primary-post-primary-schools-for-the-years-202627-202728-and-202829/ — verified Sat 5 Sep 2026
Printed from TermMinder https://www.termminder.com/ie/school-holidays/2027-28/