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Northern Ireland annual leave planner for 2027

Plan around Northern Ireland’s 10 official bank and public holidays, including St Patrick’s Day and the Battle of the Boyne. Set your real workweek and confirmed leave balance to see exact dates to request.

See the six-day March plan

Worked example17–29 March

17 MarOFFSt Patrick’s Day
18–19, 22–25 MarREQUEST6 leave days
26–29 MarOFFEaster + weekend

One proposed request13 days away

Northern Ireland 2027 quick answer

Three March holidays create the year’s clearest long break.

For someone who normally works Monday to Friday, St Patrick’s Day, Good Friday and Easter Monday frame a 13-day break. The six intervening workdays are the proposed leave dates; weekends and holidays complete the run.

Northern Ireland · Mon–Fri 613 leave days · calendar days away

17–29 MarchProposed2.2×

Request 18–19 and 22–25 March 2027.

The break begins on St Patrick’s Day and ends on Easter Monday. It assumes all three holidays are non-working days for you and that Saturday and Sunday are your usual days off.

Open the exact six-day plan

Official calendar

Northern Ireland’s 10 bank and public holidays in 2027.

Dates match the current official GOV.UK and Northern Ireland business calendars.

The 10 official Northern Ireland bank and public holiday dates in calendar year 2027.
DateDayHoliday
1 JanuaryFridayNew Year’s Day
17 MarchWednesdaySt Patrick’s Day
26 MarchFridayGood Friday
29 MarchMondayEaster Monday
3 MayMondayEarly May bank holiday
31 MayMondaySpring bank holiday
12 JulyMondayBattle of the Boyne / Orangemen’s Day
30 AugustMondaySummer bank holiday
27 DecemberMondayChristmas Day substitute day
28 DecemberTuesdayBoxing Day substitute day

A holiday date is a planning input, not extra entitlement. There is no automatic statutory right to paid time off on these dates; your contract decides whether you work, receive time off or use annual leave.

Exact worked example

How six proposed leave days could create 13 days away.

This sequence assumes a Monday-to-Friday working week, weekends off and that the applicable holidays are confirmed non-working days under your employer’s policy.

See it on the 2027 calendar
  1. 17–29 March Request 18–19 and 22–25 March 6 leave days → 13 days away

Later in the year

Summer and Christmas alternatives.

These shorter four-day examples may suit people saving most of their balance for another trip.

Battle of the Boyne4 → 9Request 13–16 July · away 10–18 July
Summer bank holiday4 → 9Request 31 Aug–3 Sep · away 28 Aug–5 Sep
Christmas and New Year4 → 11Request 24 and 29–31 Dec · away 24 Dec–3 Jan

The summer cards are alternative manual proposals; the four-day planner preset selects the stronger Christmas result. That example uses the 3 January 2028 New Year substitute day as an adjacent non-working day and does not spend leave from 2028.

Your Northern Ireland work pattern

Set the rules. See the best 2027 breaks.

The starting settings reproduce the March example: Northern Ireland, six leave days, a minimum 10-day break and a Monday-to-Friday week. Change any input to match your confirmed position.

This tool models a fixed repeating workweek and equal whole leave days. Use the Scotland 2027 planner for Scotland’s nationwide calendar, or the four-day-week planner for a fixed four-day pattern. For hours-based or rotating arrangements, check the part-time bank-holiday calculator, 9-day-fortnight planner or 4-on-4-off planner.

Which UK bank-holiday calendar applies?
Which days do you normally work?
NI-specificAll 10 official 2027 holidays
Exact datesEvery working day to request
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How the route is built

Every date is checkable.

Input

Your confirmed rules

Choose the regional holidays, leave balance and weekdays that actually apply to you.

Search

Non-overlapping 2027 breaks

The optimiser compares valid sequences across the year without spending the same leave day twice.

Output

Proposed request dates

Each result identifies working days to request; it does not represent employer permission.

Read the full method and limitations