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Muhammad Ali in Ennis:
A Sort of Homecoming

By Noel Shrine, Contributor
June 6, 2016

June 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Anyone who grew up in the seventies, as I did, will remember with fondness the late nights/ early mornings spent watching Muhammad Ali slug it out against the likes of boxing superstars, Smokin' Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Leon Spinks etc on television. Whether you liked boxing or not, everyone had an opinion of Ali. His exploits in and out of the ring have become the stuff of … [Read more...] about
Muhammad Ali in Ennis:
A Sort of Homecoming

Fighting Irishmen Exhibition Opens in Phoenix

By Adam Farley, Editorial Assistant
April / May 2013

March 20, 2013 by 8 Comments

James J. Houlihan, curator of the Fighting Irishmen exhibition, at the Phoenix opening. Photo: Mike Moore.

After traveling from New York to Boston and then to Ireland, the Fighting Irishmen boxing exhibition, which details nearly 200 years of Irish fighters, is now open for viewing in Phoenix, Arizona, in the recently opened McClelland Irish Library. The Phoenix opening for “The Fighting Irishmen: Celebrating Celtic Prizefighters 1820 to Present” paid special tribute to Muhammad … [Read more...] about Fighting Irishmen Exhibition Opens in Phoenix

Enda, Irial and Ali Honored by Fund

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
June / July 2011

July 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment

The American Ireland Fund's annual New York Gala Dinner was held on May 5th. More than 1,200 guests gathered in a tent at Lincoln Center on May 5, for the American Ireland Fund New York Dinner Gala,  the largest of the 100 events held annually by The Worldwide Ireland Funds. The dinner, chaired by Duncan Niederauer, CEO of NYSE Euronext, exceeded its goal and raised $3 … [Read more...] about Enda, Irial and Ali Honored by Fund

An Irish Welcome for the Champ

By Andrew Phillips, Contributor
October / November 2009

October 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Thousands turned out to welcome Muhammad Ali, 67, to Ennis, County Clare, the birthplace of his great-grandfather, on August 30. The purpose of his and his wife Lonnie’s visit was to inspire awareness and support for the recently established Alltech-Muhammad Ali Center Global Education and Charitable Fund, and also for the Muhammad Ali Center in the Alis’ hometown of … [Read more...] about An Irish Welcome for the Champ

Ali’s Irish Roots

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2002

August 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

While Muhammad Ali's biographer, Thomas Hauser, established some years ago that Ali's great-grandfather was Abe Grady from County Clare, the Heritage Centre in Corofin, County Clare, has now established that Grady was an Ennis man. Born in the 1840s, Grady settled in Kentucky and married an African-American woman. Their son also married an African-American woman and the … [Read more...] about Ali’s Irish Roots

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