Academic Calendar 2022
This calendar shows you the special days in Ireland and the dates of your weekly class tests. Do you have a special day that you would like us to include in our calendar? Please email and let us know.
If you have any questions about the days when the school will be closed, please contact us at info@dcedu.ie and we will be happy to help you.
If there are significant changes to the calendar, we will inform you by email.
Events |
Dates |
|---|---|
| January 2022 | |
| New Year’s Bank Holiday – School Closed! | 3rd January |
| School Reopens | 4th January |
| Weekly Test | 6th or 7th January |
| Weekly Test | 13th or 14th January |
| Weekly Test | 20th or 21st January |
| Burns’ Night | 25th January |
| Australia Day/Survival Day | 26th January |
| Weekly Test | 27th or 28th January |
| Brigid’s Day Bank Holiday – School Closed | 31st January |
| February 2022 | |
| Chinese New Year | 1st February |
| Imbolc (Spring Brings) | 1st February |
| Weekly Test | 3rd or 4th February |
| Safer Internet Day | 8th February |
| Weekly Test | 10th or 11th February |
| Valentine’s Day | 14th February |
| Random Acts of Kindness Day | 17th February |
| Weekly Test | 17th or 18th February |
| Weekly Test | 24th or 25th February |
| Carnival Begins | 25th February |
| March 2022 | |
| Pancake Day | 1st March |
| World Book Day | 3rd March |
| Weekly Test | 3rd or 4th March |
| International Women’s Day | 8th March |
| Weekly Test | 10th or 11th March |
| St. Patrick’ s Day-Bank Holiday | 17th March |
| Weekly Test | 16th or 18th March |
| Spring Equinox | 20th March |
| Weekly Test | 24th or 25th March |
| Clock Go Forward | 27th March |
| Weekly Test | 31st March |
| April 2022 | |
| Weekly Test | 1st April |
| April Fool’s Day | 1st April (Until 12:00) |
| Ramadan Begins | 1st April |
| Autism Awareness Day | 2nd April |
| Weekly Test | 7th or 8th April |
| Weekly Test | 14th April |
| Good Friday – School CLOSED! | 15th April |
| Easter Monday – School CLOSED! | 18th April |
| Weekly Test | 21st or 22nd April |
| Earth Day | 22nd April |
| Weekly Test | 28th or 29th April |
| May 2022 | |
| Bealtaine / May Day (Summer Beings) | 1st May |
| May Bank Holiday – School Closed! | 2nd May |
| Eid al-Fitr | 2nd May |
| World Laughter Day | 3rd May |
| Cinco de Mayo | 5st May |
| Weekly Test | 5th or 6th May |
| International Nurses Day | 12th May |
| Weekly Test | 12th or 13th May |
| Weekly Test | 19th or 20th May |
| Africa Day | 25th May |
| Weekly Test | 26th or 27th May |
| June 2022 | |
| Weekly Test | 2nd or 3rd June |
| World Environment Day | 5th June |
| June Bank Holiday – School Closed! | 6th June |
| Weekly Test | 9th or 10th June |
| Russian National Day | 12th June |
| Weekly Test | 16th or 17th June |
| Summer Solstice | 21st June |
| Weekly Test | 23rd or 24th June |
| Weekly Test | 30th June |
| July 2022 | |
| Weekly Test | 1st July |
| Canada Day | 1st July |
| USA Independence Day | 4th July |
| World Chocolate Day | 7th July |
| Weekly Test | 7th or 8th July |
| Eid al-Adha | 9th July |
| Bastille Day | 14th July |
| Weekly Test | 14th or 15th July |
| Weekly Test | 21st or 22nd July |
| Weekly Test | 28th or 29th July |
| August 2022 | |
| Lughnasadh (Autumn Begins) | 1st August |
| August Bank Holiday – School CLOSED! | 1st August |
| Weekly Test | 4th or 5th August |
| International Cat Day | 8th August |
| Weekly Test | 11th or 12th August |
| S. Korea Liberation Day | 15th August |
| Weekly Test | 18th or 19th August |
| World Photo Day | 19th August |
| Weekly Test | 25th or 26th August |
| September 2022 | |
| Weekly Test | 1st or 2nd September |
| Brazilian Independence Day: | 7th September |
| Weekly Test | 8th or 9th September |
| Weekly Test | 15th or 16th September |
| Mexican Independence Day | 16th September |
| Autumn Equinox | 21st September |
| International Day of Peace | 21st September |
| Weekly Test | 22nd or 23rd September |
| Dublin Culture Night | 23rd September |
| Weekly Test | 29th or 30th September |
| October 2022 | |
| Dyslexia Awareness Day | 4th October |
| World Teachers Day | 5th October |
| Weekly Test | 6th or 7th October |
| Weekly Test | 13th or 14th October |
| Weekly Test | 20th or 21st October |
| Weekly Test | 27th or 28th October |
| Republic Day of Turkey | 29th October |
| Hallowe’en Bank Holiday – School Closed | 31st October |
| Samhain/Hallowe’en (Winter Begins) | 31st October |
| Clocks Go Back | 31st October |
| November 2022 | |
| Weekly Test | 3rd or 4th November |
| Diwali | 4th November |
| Guy Fawkes Night | 5th November |
| Weekly Test | 10th or 11th November |
| World Kindness Day | 13th November |
| Weekly Test | 17th or 18th November |
| Weekly Test | 24th or 25th November |
| Hanukkah Begins | 28th November |
| December 2022 | |
| Weekly Test | 1st or 2nd December |
| Weekly Test | 8th or 9th December |
| Weekly Test | 15th or 16th December |
| Winter Solstice | 21st December |
| Weekly Test | 22nd or 23rd December |
| Christmas Holidays Begin | 26th December |
| Reopening | 9th January 2023 |