Westland Row PPU Annual Dinner: Saturday 17th October 2026 – 3rd Saturday in October.

Venue: Westbury Hotel, Balfe street, Dublin 2. D02CH66 (off Grafton Street)

Suffolk and Dawson Suite.
Bar opens at 6.00.pm until 12.30 am.
Call to Dinner 7.10 pm.
All Seated 7.30 pm.

Dinner Cost: €75.00. Three Course Meal.

The Row PPU Committee looks forward to meeting all our dear friends and associates.

Please add the date to your diary. We encourage and will accept bookings from Mid. September.

The Row Person of the Year 2027, Dr Pierce Kavanagh BA (Mod.), PhD, Leaving Cert Class of 1985 will receive the PV Doyle PPU Trophy on the night.

The Row PPU Committee recognises the importance of supporting all those who are coming after us and currently going through the School system. During the academic year 2026 the Row PPU supported the School and Students to the sum of €2,200.00.

The Row PPU wishes to thank all our supporters for their kindness and support over the years. Special recognition and thanks are made to the PV Doyle family for their continued kind support.

Change of date for the Annual Dinner – November 1st, 2025.

For many years one of the key events of our year, the Annual Dinner, has been held on the last Saturday in January. Following consultation with our members the PPU has decided that the next dinner will be held on Saturday, November 1, 2025. Thanks to the continued support of the family of the late P V Doyle the Dinner will again be held in the Westbury Hotel. At the Dinner a presentation will be made to the Row Person of the Year.

Tickets for the Dinner cost €75 and can be obtained from the PPU Secretary John Cullen or any member of the Committee.

Annual PPU Dinner January 2025

Forty-Eight past pupils and seven guests attended the PPU Annual Dinner at the Westbury Hotel on Saturday January 25 2025. This most enjoyable occasion also featured the presentation of the PV Doyle trophy to John Murray (class of 62), ROW Person of the Year 2025.

School Principal, Kate Byrne, addressing the gathering advised that the school is doing well and has about two hundred students, representing over 30 different nationalities. She said that many of the students come to the school in very difficult circumstances but they find a caring atmosphere where they can study and realise their potential.

Kate praised Deputy Principal, Cathriona O’Sullivan, and her staff for their great work. She also thanked the PPU for its valuable contribution including the provision of bursaries to two pupils and the purchase of “hoodies” for the lady’s rugby squad, an activity which is enjoying great popularity amongst the girls. How things have changed!

The President, Dan Ferrari, also mentioned some of the ways the PPU had helped the school during the year. He also thanked the many past pupils who attended the dinner and who supported the raffle.

The Dinner concluded with the presentation of the Row Person of the Year to John Murray (Class of 62)