Country facts
- Capital
- Dublin
- Population
- 5,458,600
- Languages
- English, Irish
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
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June in Ireland
3 entries- 1June HolidayJune Holiday is observed in Ireland (Lá Saoire i mí an Mheithimh). Recognized nationally.Public holiday→
- 16BloomsdayFans of James Joyce retracing Leopold Bloom's Dublin wanderings from Ulysses. Participants dress in Edwardian costume, eat kidneys for breakfast, and pretend they've read the whole thing.Culture→
- 21Father's DayHonors fathers and fatherhood. Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane proposed it in 1910 to match Mother's Day; took until 1972 to become a US federal observance. Most countries that celebrate it picked the third Sunday of June.Observance→