Annual Mass for deceased Past Pupils

A large group of past pupils attended Mass for our deceased past pupils on St Andrews day, Sunday December 1st 2024. The Mass, at St. Andrews Westland Row, was celebrated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Paul Dempsey, who was assisted by PPU Chaplin, Fr. Eugene McCarthy and Fr. Alan Hilliard, the recently appointed Administrator at Westland Row.

The number of past pupils who died during the last twelve months was read out by Deacon, Dermot McCarthy, at the beginning of Mass and was a record high of fourteen names as follows;

John Duncan, Matt Wallace, Jerry Carroll, Paul Donohue, Ray McCarthy, Emmet Bergin, Fran Rooney, Sean Canavan, Paddy Walsh, Tommy Tracey, Fr. Myles Kavanagh CP, John Sherwin, John Henry, Jack McGinley.