A Government TD says there aren't enough public holidays, and believes today should be included.
The first of February is St Brigid's Day, the first day of spring in the pre-Christian Gaelic calendar.
It's thought Brigid was originally worshipped as a pagan goddess, which means the tradition dates back to the Iron Age and beyond.
Kildare TD Martin Heydon says it could be a memorial day for those who died as a result of Covid-19.
"It would effectively a public holiday where people would have the day off and there wouldn't be school, and where we would get to celebrate a strong Irish woman who was an inspirational leader in her time.
"If we were to do this for the first time on the first of February next year I think it would be a perfect day where we would remember all those we've lost to Covid, and the very difficult times we've come out of - but with a bright future ahead, with the spring that's before us with that renewal and regrowth."
