North Fort Myers News
St. Paddy's Day celebrated at the Shell Factory
What started a decade ago as a glorified golf cart parade has turned into one of the biggest parties of the year, the annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration at the Shell Factory. This year’s event on Sunday had nearly 1,000 attendees wearin' the green as they drank green beer, ate corned beef and cabbage and listened to traditional Irish favorites, from Danny Boy to Fleetwood Mac. As with many such celebrations in the past, people arrived much earlier than the noon starting time, with the Drums and Hoses pipes and drum corps coming early to perform for the crowd because they had ...