Guide to the Reunion Weekend
This interactive map should help you find your way around Philadelphia on Reunion weekend.
Click on it to get a better look! Once you are on the map itself, the legend on the left will get you information about specific venues.
Go to the main reunion page for more details on the events.
If you have any suggestions for things you don’t see here, please reply to this post! And don’t forget to buy your tickets!
McGeady Reunion venues
Are you still on the fence? Take a look at the latest updates on the reunion program. There’s something for everyone!
THE 7TH GRAND MCGEADY FAMILY REUNION PROGRAM
Friday, August 7, 2015
Old City T-Shirt, 233 Church Street. The official McGeady Reunion souvenir shop for T-shirts, hats and tote bags. Hours: 10:00-6:00. Stop there first so we will know you when we see you.
Suggested activities (in addition to all the historic sites):
(See Additional links on http://mcgeady.org and http://visitphilly.com)
Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th Street.
Hours: 9:30-5:00 (fri, sat, sun).
Lively family-friendly science museum with many interactive exhibits & displays plus a planetarium.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy,
Hours Fri: 10:00-8:45. Sat & Sun 10:00-5:00
one of current exhibits “Discovering the Impressionists”
Outdoor roller skating rink, 101 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd (Penn’s Landing) with playscape, arcade and lodge. Hours Fri & Sat: 11:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m.
Rentals available, roller skates and inline skates
Can purchase tickets online or in person
Spruce Street Harbor Park, Spruce Street & S. Columbus Blvd. (Penn’s Landing)
Hours: Fri & Sat, 11:00-1:00 a.m.
(Arcades, hammocks, light shows, kayaks, canoes, gardens, paddle board, pop up market)
Smooth jazz summer nights
Fri 7:30 p.m., free concert at Penn’s Landing, Columbus Blvd and Chestnut Streets
First Friday Philadelphia
Art galleries in Old City stay open until 9:00
Between Front & 3rd Streets/Market & Vine
6:00 p.m. (Or whenever you get there).
Informal McGeady meet & greet
Plough & the Stars
2nd St between Market & Chestnut. When you enter, go to the left. They are reserving a section for us. This is a family friendly Irish restaurant.
Stuart McGeady will be at the Plough to show you, teach you, discuss with you the McGeady 2015 Ancestry project. See if your family is on ancestry.com. Bring your scanned pics & documents on your devices, they can be uploaded to the McGeady Ancestry Project.
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Old City T Shirt opens at 11:00 today, Saturday.
11:00-12:30
Stroll through the most historic mile in the U.S. With Centipede Tours
Sign up by Thu, August 6th
Directly with info@centipedetourspa.com
12:30-1:00 Irish Famine Memorial, 100 Front Street (the foot of Chestnut Street)
History of Irish in Philadelphia
Reunion party hours 1:00-5:00
The reunion function is at 2nd Story Brewing Company, Chestnut Street, a family friendly restaurant and brewery in the heart of the Old City, 117 Chestnut Street
Registration
Cash bar opens
View pics, videos, exhibits and family trees from previous reunions
Brewery tour
Greetings
Welcome
Irish language lesson
Irish Traditional Music
Lunch
The McGeady 2015 Ancestry Project
Web site project
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Old City T Shirts is closed on Sunday.
11:30 mass at Old St. Joseph’s Church, 321 Willings Alley
Father Edward O’Donnell, SJ, Parochial Vicar will say the mass
They will reserve a section for McGeadys
The parish will remember and pray for our McGeady families