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+# See also
+# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_Kingdom
+# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland
+
+1 01-01 New Year's Day
+#1 01-01 Lá Caille or Lá Bliana Nua (Ireland)
+#1 01-02 New Year's Holiday (Scotland)
+1 03-01 St. David's Day (Wales)
+1 03-17 St. Patrick's Day (Ireland) #Lá Fhéile Pádraig
+1 04-23 St. George's Day (England)
+#1 07-05 Tynwald Day (Isle of Man)
+#1 07-12 Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)
+1 11-30 St. Andrew's Day (Scotland)
+1 12-25 Christmas Day #Lá Nollag
+1 12-26 Boxing Day
+#1 12-26 St. Stephen's Day (Ireland) #Lá Fhéile Stiofáin or Lá an Dreoilín
+
+2 -2 Good Friday
+2  1 Easter Monday #Luan Cásca
+
+3  1 Mon 05 May Day Bank Holiday #Lá Bealtaine
+3 -1 Mon 05 Spring Bank Holiday
+#3  1 Mon 06 June Bank Holiday (Ireland) #Lá Saoire i mí Mheitheamh
+#3  1 Fri 06 TT Bank Holiday (Isle of Man)
+#3  1 Mon 08 August Holiday (Ireland) #Lá Saoire i mí Lúnasa
+3 -1 Mon 08 Late Summer Bank Holiday
+#3 -1 Mon 10 October Bank Holiday (Ireland)