Zakat in Ireland follows the same revelation as Zakat everywhere, written for payers who calculate and pay in EUR (Euro). Everything that follows is the universal Shariah method expressed entirely in local terms — the gold and silver Nisab expressed in Euro, how giving is usually organised in Ireland, what Ramadan 2027 will look like, and the calculators that do the arithmetic for you. Everything is free, and the calculators linked from this page run in your browser with live prices, converting the thresholds into EUR on the day you actually calculate.
At the reference prices used for this guide — gold at USD 76.42 per gram and silver at USD 0.98 per gram, converted at 0.92 EUR per US dollar — the gold Nisab in Ireland is EUR 6,150 (87.48g × EUR 70 per gram) and the silver Nisab is EUR 552 (612.36g × EUR 1 per gram). Treat both figures as indicative: metal prices and exchange rates move every day, and the live calculator on this site fetches current prices before it tests your wealth. So the line that matters most in Ireland is the silver one, EUR 552: cross it with net wealth held for a hawl, and 2.5% of everything above zero — not just of the excess — is due.
In daily practice, payers settle their Zakat through a small number of well-worn channels: payroll deduction schemes offered by some employers, community collection points and food banks during Ramadan and bank transfer to registered Zakat charities. Whichever route you choose, Zakat must actually reach people whom Quran 9:60 names as eligible, and it must transfer into their ownership (tamlik). Plenty of households here settle the calculation at home first — often on a fixed Ramadan date — and then distribute through two or three trusted channels rather than one. Put the practical questions first: keep your payment receipt with your calculation report, and confirm whether any administration deduction touches the Zakat itself. In Ireland, community life runs in Irish, English, so instructions left with family should be in the language they actually use.
The Ramadan of 1448 AH is expected to open on Monday 8 February 2027 in Ireland as elsewhere, pending the sighted crescent and the announcement your community follows. The last ten nights begin with the Maghrib of 27 February 2027, Laylat al-Qadr being sought on the odd nights — 27 February, then 1, 3, 5 and 7 March — with the 27th night opening the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The final fast should fall on 8 or 9 March 2027, and Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. Daily fasting times for Ireland are gathered through the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, and remember Fitrana falls due before the Eid prayer.
Take a saver in Ireland with EUR 1,767 in cash and savings — some 3.2 times the silver Nisab — with nothing owed. The wealth is above the Nisab and has been held for a full lunar year, so the Zakat due is 2.5% × EUR 1,767 = EUR 44. Add any gold, stock or foreign currency in EUR first; the 2.5% then applies to the combined net total.
Indicatively, the gold Nisab is EUR 6,150 for 87.48 grams of gold and silver's is EUR 552 — 612.36 grams of silver. They are priced from a gold gram at EUR 70 and EUR 1 for silver in Ireland at the 0.92 EUR reference rate. Markets move every day, so use the live calculator for the threshold of your actual due date; and most scholars test cash against the silver figure.
Calculations for Ireland run in EUR, the Euro. Wealth held in other currencies are converted into EUR using the rate on your Zakat date and added to the total before the Nisab test . Method is portable; money is local: the Nisab, the hawl and the 2.5% rate are identical in Ireland to everywhere else.
Total the zakatable side in EUR — cash, savings, gold and silver at today's prices, stock bought for resale, investments and money owed to you. Take off the debts due now, and test what remains against the Nisab in EUR — silver first (EUR 552). Once the threshold and the hawl are both met, pays one-fortieth of the net total : on savings of EUR 1,767, the example on this page, the payment is EUR 44.
There is no single ZakatSuite rate for Ireland: the duty is one sa' of local staple food — roughly 2–3 kilograms of wheat, flour, rice or dates — per household member. Scholars and councils in Ireland set the rate in EUR each year, with announcements commonly made in Irish, English. The count is per person, including children, with the Eid prayer as the deadline. Enter the announced EUR rate in the Fitrana calculator and it totals the household's duty.
Ireland is listed in the Europe region, with community languages Irish, English. Use code IE for the short page — and the short version of this page is at zakatsuite.com/ie. The full set of 209 tools runs for Ireland in EUR, with PDF reports for the record.