The Moors did, indeed, land on Ireland's shores. I am ignorant of the dates, but it is recorded because I read it years ago. Caroline -----Original Message----- From: HMWEBBER@aol.com <HMWEBBER@aol.com> To: MDCAROLI-L@rootsweb.com <MDCAROLI-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 10, 2002 6:47 AM Subject: [MDCAROLI] Ali's Co. Clare Irish Roots -- GRADY >Good morning list, > > I received this from another mailing list & I'm passing it on! :) > > Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) > >Subj: [CLARE] Ali's Clare Roots >From: LizHaren@aol.com >To: IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com > >Ali's Irish roots revealed >online.ie 08 Feb 2002 > >Muhammad Ali is Irish, according to new genealogical evidence. > >Researchers at the Co Clare Heritage Centre have unearthed documentation to >show one of Ali's great grandfathers came from >the county town of Ennis. > >It seems Abe Grady, born around 160 years ago in Co Clare, emigrated to the >United States in the 1860s. > >He settled in Kentucky and later married an African-American woman. > >Their son also married an African-American and one of the daughters of that >union was Ali's mother, named Odessa Lee >Grady. > >She married Cassius Clay senior, and they settled in Louisville, where their >son, later to become known as the Louisville Lip, >was initially given his father's name on his birth in 1942. > >He later changed his name to Muhammad Ali when he converted to the Nation of >Islam after winning the world title in 1964. > >Genealogist Antoinette O'Brien said: "Through research being carried out for >the Irish language TV station TG4 on Ali, we >established Ali's great-great grandfather, John Grady, the father of Abe, >rented a house and a small garden in Ennis with a >rateable value of fifteen shillings (75p) in 1855. > >"There is no doubt that Abe Grady was Ali's great grandfather. I am not sure >whether Ali knows about this - we have not yet >managed to contact him." > >The development has delighted the small town of Ennis. > >Local council chairman Michael Corley said: "We would like to honour Ali as >one of the heroes of the 20th century and invite >him here." > >Original article at: http://www.online.ie/news/viewer.adp?article=1657985 > >find yourself - www.online.ie > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >