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Tue 11 Nov 2009Council dismisses criticism of Ali's roots
ENNIS TOWN Council has told a historian claiming that Muhammad Ali’s great grand-father, Abe Grady, never set foot in Ireland “to put up or shut up”.
At the council’s November meeting last night, councillors endorsed a motion that historian Seán Spellissy provide documentary proof for his claim Abe Grady did not come from the Turnpike in Ennis, but instead was born in Kentucky in the US. Mr Spellissy is also claiming Ali’s Irish ancestors more than likely came from Crusheen – eight miles north of Ennis.
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