i'm lost... i are you trying to force maven into the equation. grails has turned it's back (thank you) on maven. you're making things hard on yourself. grails works brilliantly with ant. use it.... don't waste time forcing maven.... i think i said that twice... probably cuz i think you're wasting time. also... you above mention doing a grails snapshot... then a groovy install.... i'm not sure if you know this.... but grails ships with groovy. you're good to go once you drop grails on your box..... keep the world posted on how miserable you get fighting with maven and grails. :)

Hello! New grails workspace in eclipse!