McGuigan digs deep to celebrate Ali’s Ennis roots

BOXING legend Muhammad Ali’s Ennis relatives yesterday joined with former world boxing champion Barry McGuigan to celebrate Ali’s historic visit to Ennis one year ago.

In the Turnpike area of Ennis yesterday, a commemorative tree was planted by Ennis town mayor, Cllr Tommy Brennan (Ind), and Mr McGuigan, metres from the special plaque erected last year to celebrate Ali’s links to the Turnpike area.

It was in the Turnpike area on September 1 last year where Ali thrilled locals by emerging from his car to go on a walk-about near his ancestral home from which his great-grandfather, Abe Grady, left for the US in the 1860s.