Celebrations and Festivals 2022–2023

SEPTEMBER JANUARY APRIL

26 Rosh Hashanah begins (Judaism)

OCTOBER 4-5 Yom Kippur (Judaism) 5 World Teacher’s Day 10 World Mental Health Day 10 Sukkot begins (Judaism) MAY 24 Diwali begins (Hinduism) 1 Bealtaine 31 October Bank Holiday 1 May Bank Holiday 31 Halloween 4 Vesak (Buddhism) TBC Maths Week JUNE NOVEMBER 5 June Bank Holiday 1 All Saints Day 18 Father’s Day 20 Universal Children’s Day 20 World Refugee Day 24 Thanksgiving (USA) 21 Summer Solstice 27 Advent begins 21 World Humanist Day TBC Science Week KEY DATES DECEMBER 10 Human Rights Day 18 Hanukkah begins (Judaism) 21 Winter Solstice 25 Christmas Day 26 St Stephen’s Day 31 New Year’s Eve 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 1 St Brigid’s Day 12 Darwin Day 14 St Valentine’s Day 15 Parinirvana (Buddhism) 21 Shrove Tuesday 22 Ash Wednesday FEBRUARY 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) MARCH The Educational Company of Ireland

1 April Fools’ Day 6 Passover begins (Judaism) 7 World Health Day 7 Good Friday 9 Easter Sunday 14 Vaisakhi (Sikhism) 22 Earth Day 22 Eid al-Fitr (Islam)