CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVALS 2022–2023 SEPTEMBER 26 Rosh Hashanah begins (Judaism)
JANUARY
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1 New Year’s Day 5 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikhism) 6 Epiphany 16 Martin Luther King Day 23 Chinese New Year 29 Catholic Schools Week begins
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April Fools’ Day Passover begins (Judaism) World Health Day Good Friday Easter Sunday Vaisakhi (Sikhism) Earth Day Eid al-Fitr (Islam)
OCTOBER
Yom Kippur (Judaism) World Teacher’s Day World Mental Health Day Sukkot begins (Judaism) Diwali begins (Hinduism) October Bank Holiday Halloween Maths Week
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June Bank Holiday Father’s Day World Refugee Day Summer Solstice World Humanist Day
TBC World Book Day TBC National Tree Week 8 International Women’s Day 8 Holi (Hinduism) TBC Seachtain na Gaeilge 17 Lá le Pádraig 19 Mother’s Day 22 World Water Day 23 Ramadan begins (Islam)
KEY DATES
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Human Rights Day Hanukkah begins (Judaism) Winter Solstice Christmas Day St Stephen’s Day New Year’s Eve
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MARCH
JUNE
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St Brigid’s Day Darwin Day St Valentine’s Day Parinirvana (Buddhism) Shrove Tuesday Ash Wednesday
1 Bealtaine 1 May Bank Holiday 4 Vesak (Buddhism)
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All Saints Day Universal Children’s Day Thanksgiving (USA) Advent begins Science Week
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