According to the Gaelic calendar, when does autumn start in Ireland?

In Alaska, we say we have June, July, and winter.

In Durban, South Africa, we have 12 out of 12 hot but thank the Lord it is not humid in winter and definitely cooler in the evenings during winter.

Mic Fenst, in Gunnison, Colorado we used to say "two seasons: winter and the 4th of July". Sometimes it snowed on the 4th of July.

Gaelic is precursor of hindlick maneuver? My apologies in advance.

My mother says that when she was growing up spring in New Zealand, the opposite of the northern hemisphere, began in August. Now it's September. It appears that early reckoning of the seasons was made according to astronomical equinoxes and solstices. So mid-June and mid-December were the middle months of summer and winter or winter and summer in the southern hemisphere. Now the seasons are reckoned according to meteorology, which divides the year into four three-month seasons. This makes it easier to compare seasons in regard to temperatures and weather. Astronomical seasons are about three weeks behind meteorological ones.

Mic Fenst, Canada: W--I--N--T--E--R, spring, Road Construction, autumn, W--I--N--T--E--R

Colin Brumwell, that dictum originates in Scandinavia, and is not entirely true of Ireland. We can get nice fresh, crispy days with clear skies in January and February, albeit cool, the equivalent in my experience of a summer day in Iceland. From May to early September there can occasionally be magnificently warm days, but never oppressively hot, especially in places that jut into the Atlantic such as the Dingle and Loop Head Peninsulas, Achill and the Aran Islands. Usually the worst months are November and March, with cold, grey skies and flu-inducing dampness.

In Ireland, the autumn months according to the national meteorological service, Met Éireann, are September, October and November. However, according to the Irish Calendar, which is based on ancient Gaelic traditions, autumn lasts throughout the months of August, September and October, or possibly a few days later, depending on tradition. In the Irish language, September is known as Meán Fómhair ("middle of autumn") and October as Deireadh Fómhair ("end of autumn"). Things got a little skewed by the Calendar Reform Act 1752 which skipped 12 days. When I was young autumn was August, September, October but I heard some old people say it should be September, October, November. For the Met Office at least it is now.

My English mom used to tell me, "Remember, you got the Irish part from your father."

Mic Fenst, kinda like Wisconsin. Winter and August.

Tania Black, Yes, that is true, as I have the air con on today lol, maybe my comment was a bit early considering that summer is not over yet 😊

The Irish in me definitely agrees with August as the start of autumn.

While many of us had never heard of the Gaelic calender, by POE we knew it was very unlikely that fall starts in Dec-Feb.

Finally! I agree with this calendar, it makes such sense. In South Africa Spring definitely and empirically begins in early August but officially only in September.

It is almost Autumn time here and we had an unusually cool summer.