Ireland school holidays 2028/29
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Ireland terms 2028/29
| Term | Starts | Ends |
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| Autumn term | Set by your school | Fri 22 Dec 2028 |
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| Spring term | Mon 8 Jan 2029 | Fri 23 Mar 2029 |
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| Summer term | Mon 9 Apr 2029 | Set by your school |
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Ireland holidays 2028/29
| Holiday | First day off | Last day off |
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| October mid-term break | Mon 30 Oct 2028 | Fri 3 Nov 2028 |
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| Christmas holiday | Mon 25 Dec 2028 | Fri 5 Jan 2029 |
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| February mid-term break (Secondary) | Mon 12 Feb 2029 | Fri 16 Feb 2029 |
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| February mid-term break (Primary, Special schools, Pre-school) | Thu 15 Feb 2029 | Fri 16 Feb 2029 |
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| Easter holiday | Mon 26 Mar 2029 | Fri 6 Apr 2029 |
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2028/29 at a glance
• holiday✕ pupil-freeterm~ window — your school chooses? set by your school / not yet published
September 2028
| 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 set by your school | 26 set by your school | 27 set by your school | 28 set by your school | 29 set by your school | 30 | |
October 2028
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
|---|
| | | | | | 1 |
| 2 set by your school | 3 set by your school | 4 set by your school | 5 set by your school | 6 set by your school | 7 | 8 |
| 9 set by your school | 10 set by your school | 11 set by your school | 12 set by your school | 13 set by your school | 14 | 15 |
| 16 set by your school | 17 set by your school | 18 set by your school | 19 set by your school | 20 set by your school | 21 | 22 |
| 23 set by your school | 24 set by your school | 25 set by your school | 26 set by your school | 27 set by your school | 28 | 29 |
| 30 holiday | 31 holiday | | | | | |
November 2028
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | 1 holiday | 2 holiday | 3 holiday | 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 | | | |
December 2028
| 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 |
January 2029
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| 1 holiday | 2 holiday | 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 2029
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | | 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 | | | | |
March 2029
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | | 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 holiday | 27 holiday | 28 holiday | 29 holiday | 30 holiday | 31 | |
April 2029
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | | | | | 1 |
| 2 holiday | 3 holiday | 4 holiday | 5 holiday | 6 holiday | 7 | 8 |
| 9 set by your school | 10 set by your school | 11 set by your school | 12 set by your school | 13 set by your school | 14 | 15 |
| 16 set by your school | 17 set by your school | 18 set by your school | 19 set by your school | 20 set by your school | 21 | 22 |
| 23 set by your school | 24 set by your school | 25 set by your school | 26 set by your school | 27 set by your school | 28 | 29 |
| 30 set by your school | | | | | | |
May 2029
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| 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 | | | |
June 2029
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | | | 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 set by your school | 26 set by your school | 27 set by your school | 28 set by your school | 29 set by your school | 30 | |
July 2029
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | | | | | 1 |
| 2 set by your school | 3 set by your school | 4 set by your school | 5 set by your school | 6 set by your school | 7 | 8 |
| 9 set by your school | 10 set by your school | 11 set by your school | 12 set by your school | 13 set by your school | 14 | 15 |
| 16 set by your school | 17 set by your school | 18 set by your school | 19 set by your school | 20 set by your school | 21 | 22 |
| 23 set by your school | 24 set by your school | 25 set by your school | 26 set by your school | 27 set by your school | 28 | 29 |
| 30 set by your school | 31 set by your school | | | | | |
August 2029
| MMonday | TTuesday | WWednesday | TThursday | FFriday | SSaturday | SSunday |
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| | 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 | 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
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