Bank holiday

A bank holiday is the name used for a public holiday in both the United Kingdom, Ireland, and some other Commonwealth countries. The UK started using bank holidays in 1871.

List of bank holidays
The below is a list of such holidays in the United Kingdom and Ireland. An "X" underneath a country's name means that country uses that date as a bank holiday

+Current bank and public holidays Date  Name  England and Wales  Scotland  Northern Ireland  Republic of Ireland       8  9  10  9  1 January  New Year's Day  X  X  X  X  2 January   2 January   X    17 March  St. Patrick's Day    X  X The Friday before Easter Sunday  Good Friday  X  X  X   The day after Easter Sunday  Easter Monday  X   X  X First Monday in May¹  Early May Bank Holiday (UK), Labour Day (Ireland)  X  X  X  X Last Monday in May²  Spring Bank Holiday  X  X  X   First Monday In June  June Bank Holiday     X 12 July  Battle of the Boyne - Orangemen's Day    X   First Monday in August  Summer Bank Holiday   X   X Last Monday in August  Summer Bank Holiday  X   X   Last Monday in October  October Bank Holiday    X 30 November  St. Andrew's Day   X   25 December  Christmas Day  X  X  X  X 26 December  Boxing Day, St. Stephen's Day  X  X  X  X

 For one year only, 1995, this holiday was moved to the second Monday in May – i.e., from 1 May to 8 May – to commemorate the 50th anniversary of VE Day.
 For one year only, 2002, this holiday was moved to 4 June. This caused it to follow an extra bank holiday on 3 June, making a four-day weekend to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

In other countries
India has 15 bank holidays

Hong Kong calls public holidays "bank holidays", even though they are not officially called that.

Category:British culture
Category:Holidays