Ireland - trivia - weather - holidays
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AREA |
POPULATION |
CAPITAL |
CURRENCY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27,000 sq’ miles | 3.9 Million | Dublin | Euro |
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CLIMATE |
(Average Temperature Centigrade) | |||||||||||
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January |
3 |
March |
7 |
May |
14 |
July |
17 |
September |
14 |
November |
9 |
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February |
5 |
April |
10 |
June |
16 |
August |
16 |
October |
11 |
December |
6 |
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Rainfall |
Average annual rainfall 30 inches(76 cm) almost equally across the year. However it ranges from 110 in (280 cm) on the mountains of west Mayo to 21in (53cm) on the East Coast. It rains on, on average, 150 days a year and is sunny on 225 days a year The sunniest months are May and June. During these months sunshine duration averages between 5 and 6.5 hours per day over most of the country. The extreme southeast gets the most sunshine, averaging over 7 hours a day in early summer
| PUBLIC HOLIDAYS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| New Year | 03.01 | 02.01 | 01.01 |
| St Patrick's Day | 17.03 | 17.03 | 17.03 |
| Good Friday | 25.03 | 14.04 | 06.04 |
| Easter Monday | 28.03 | 17.04 | 09.04 |
| Early May Bank Holiday | 02.05 | 01.05 | 07.05 |
| Spring Bank Holiday (UK) | 30.05 | 29.05 | 38.05 |
| June Holiday | 06.06 | 05.06 | 04.06 |
| July (NI) | 12.07 | 12.07 | 12.07 |
| August Holiday | 07.08 | 07.08 | 06.08 |
| Summer Bank Holiday (UK) | 28.08 | 28.08 | 27.08 |
| Halloween | 31.10 | 30.10 | 29.10 |
| Christmas Day | 27.12 | 25.12 | 25.12 |
| St Stephens Day | 26.12 | 26.12 | 26.12 |