May Day

Just a quick note about the reunion we will be having a meeting on the 7th and will be sending details but just a little tease for now.We have arranged transportation to get everybody from the airports and train station to the hotel and back to the airports and bus station.Sunday the 29th of June we will be having a family picnic after the mass at 11:15. thats it for now more details in a week or so.
Tommy

May Birthdays

We have a few more b-days in May ,seven in all.Caroline O'Connors birthday is on 5/1.Caroline is the daughter of Mike And Helen (Galvin)O'Connor and the grand daughter of James and Eileen Galvin.Mark Collins celebrates his birthday on 5/6,Mark is the husband of Maria( Galvin) who is the daughter of James and Maureen Galvin.Molly Mc Laughlin birthday is on 5/10,Molly is the daughter of John and Carol(Clark)McLaughlin the granddaughter of Bob and Betty(Weir)Clark and the great granddaughter of Tom andMolly(Galvin) Weir.Kelly Bohrer turns a year older on 5/13,Kelly is the daughter of Mike and Sue McCafferty the granddaughter of Pete and Maureen(Weir) McCafferty and the greatgranddaughter of Tom and Molly(Galvin)Weir.Be'bhinn Woods birthday is on 5/21, also we have Clodagh Woods on 5/23.Be'bhinn and Clodagh are the daughters of John and Catherine (Galvin) Woods and the granddaughters of John and Margaret Galvin and the greatgranddaughters of James and Eileen Galvin.The last birthday i have this month would be that of my favorite cousin in the Town of Hamburg (excluding the Village) Mary McCafferty turns another page on 5/25.
Happy Birthday to all
Tommy

General News

Johnny Galvin is home and is doing well .We are working on the final details for the reunion and will be posting shortly.Please send me pictures of all and every family member past and present as i am trying to put a slide show together to show during the reunion.Birthdays, weddings ,vacations Christmas, graduations anything showing your gang,send them to galvinreunion2008@yahoo.com .
Thats it for now
Tommy

April Birthdays

We have four birthdays in April first we have James Galvin his b-day is on 4/7 , Helen O'Connor celebrates her b-day on 4/11, James and Helen are the son and daughter of James and Eileen Galvin.Megan McCaffertys b-day is 4/13 Megan is the daughter of Mike Jr and Sandy McCafferty
the granddaughter of Pete and Maureen(Weir) McCafferty and the great granddaughter of Tom and Molly(Galvin) Weir.Last but certainly not least my favorite aunt ,Maureen Mc Cafferty,turns another year older on 4/27.Aunt Moe is the daughter of Tom and Molly(Galvin)Weir.
Happy Birthday To All

Newest Member of the Clan

Congradulations to Maureen Leonard she gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on 3/31, weighing in at 7lbs 8ozs, name to be determined at a later date. Sean or Liam are the frontrunners.Maureen is the daughter of Frank and Teresa(Galvin) granddaughter of Paudeen and Catherine Galvin.Mother and child are doing fine as soon as i get a picture i will pass it along.

Patrick and Catherine

Ann McKenna has send a picture of Paudeen and Catherines 50th Wedding Anniversary.I wish i could make it bigger but i can't sorry.

News from Killorglin

Ann Marie has send a note to me with a picture of her dad ,Johnny taken just the other day.I have sent the e-mail to everybody, i hope with what she had to say.Thanks for the news he looks great.
Tommy

Niagara Falls

After putting all the information together that we gathered from the questionaires, and thank you Karen and Mary Mc Cafferty for doing such a grand job of it,i have already put up some information about Our Lady Of Victory Basilica and national shrine also known as Father Bakers.We will be going there Friday June 27th then after that we will head to the Falls.Transportation will be arranged for the trip.We will be going to Niagara Falls U.S.A. it is a five minute walk across the Rainbow bridge for those how would like to go there(passport required).There are plenty of things to do on the US side.Here is a web site you can check out with some of the things, we highly recommend The Maid of The Mist and the Cave of the Winds.The
site is www.niagarafallsstatepark.com.We will be in the falls approx. five to six hours ,the lines can be long to see the above attractions so bear that in mind.I will have information by next week on the transportation issue, we are almost done with making arrangements to gather you all up and get you to the hotel and then back to the airport so you can continue on with you holiday.Hope everybody is well any questions let me know just send it to galvinreunion2008@yahoo.com i will try to help.We wanted to go to the irish Famine Memorial in Buffalo but we could not make the time but you can go there at www.irishfaminememorial.com

Happy Saint Patricks Day
Tommy

Reunion news

We have just had a meeting of the minds(it was a short meeting) to put together the information on the questionaires, and we will have more information for you very shortly.We will also have links to check out things to do at niagara falls ex.Maid of the Mist, Cave of the Winds ,this will give you some idea as to what there is to do and the cost. Thats it for now.
Tommy

March Birthdays

Again this month we have only two birthdays

Mary Bogner,the granddaughter of Tom and Molly(Galvin)Weir,the daughter of Bob and Betty(Weir)Clark

Gus O'leary,the great grandson of Gus and Nora(Galvin)Shorten,the grandson of Buz and Alice(Shorten)O'leary and the son of Kevin and Georgie O'leary.

That's all i have if there are more send them to me at galvinreunion2008@yahoo.com and i will add them.