August Bank Holiday in Ireland
August Bank Holiday in Ireland is held on August 5. Celebrated on the first Monday of August. This event in the first decade of the month August is annual. 
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A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and the Crown dependencies. The 1871 act was the origin of the first Monday in August as a bank holiday in England, Wales Northern Ireland and Scotland. The August Bank Holiday in Ireland falls on the first Monday of August and is intended to provide a three-day weekend break for students and workers so they can enjoy the summer weather before the onset of autumn.
The term (Bank Holiday) refers to all public holidays in the United Kingdom, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation or held by convention under common law.
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