Nearly 400,000 passengers are expected to travel through Dublin Airport over the bank holiday weekend. File photograph: Julien BehalThree years on from its debut as a public holiday in Ireland, opinion is still somewhat divided on the impact the St Brigid’s Day long weekend has had on tourism. This is the fourth St Brigid’s bank holiday Monday. Before St Brigid’s Day weekend was conceived, she said, fewer than half of the hotel’s rooms would have been booked a few days before the first weekend in February. If anywhere should benefit from St Brigid’s Day, of course, it should be Kildare, which, like Dublin, is hosting a multitude of events to mark the occasion.

Source: The Irish Times February 02, 2026 12:02 UTC