March 16, 2019
Fort Myers Beach
What a great day this is going to be!!! A day early,but no less fun!! The United Irish trailer will arrived at the American Legion parking lot on Buttonwood Street at 7:15 a.m. Members who want to participate in the parade should be there. Else, they can gather at the Church of the Ascension parking lot to be picked up at around 7:30 a.m. Finally, we’ll go to Santini Plaza at the south end of Fort Myers Beach, where decorating of the float will begin. Lots of other floats will be getting ready as well. 
And with a little help from the “buck-a-piece” beers sold by Castaways, the parade will begin at 10:00 a.m. Usually led by the Lee County Pipe & Drum Corps, our float will proceed for the one mile length of the parade back to The Church of the Ascension for final “hoorays”! 
We’re hoping spectators will be ten-deep along the parade route like last year! With great planning from the United Irish parade committee (Jim Rodgers, and Joe Nolan, we will have enough beads to make it to the finish line, a mile away.
After a pause at the parade finishing point, the Church of the Ascension, the float will return to the American Legion to unload and it is time for some lunch. Join us at a restaurant for some good Irish Food and some Irish refreshments. Some passengers will return to their Moose after hopefully, a fine, beautiful day for someIrish Music..