New Year's Eve is Ireland's most popular day for weddings
According to recent research from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland’s most popular wedding date is New Year's Eve, with an average of 189 marriages.
Examining all weddings that took place in the State from 2011 to 2024, researchers found that the last four days of December had the most marriages on average.
On December 29, there were 136 marriages on average, on December 28, there were 147 marriages on average, on December 30, there were 151 marriages on average and on New Year’s Eve, there were 189 marriages on average.
The data suggests that the downtime days between Christmas and New Year’s Day are a practical choice, so that most people may have time off work.
When it comes to the least popular days to get married, these were also in December, and unsurprisingly, these were Christmas Eve, St Stephen's Day and Christmas Day; the latter had no marriages recorded over the 14-year period.
However, this isn't to say that summer months tend to have fewer weddings, though; summer months, on average, typically feature more weddings.
December was actually only the 6th most popular month to get married, with the top five months being August, July, September, June and October.
Despite a surge in weddings on Valentine's Day, January and February were the least popular months to get married.
When it comes to specific days, Fridays were the most popular days to get married, and Tuesdays were the least popular.