Another reason to visit the bustling village of Malahide

Tom Cruises Irish Ancestral Roots Revealed

Thomás O'Cruise (Tom Cruise) it has been revealed is a descendant of Patrick Russell Cruise who lived in Seatown Castle in Malahide during the early 1800's. (Now Seatown House, located just past the entrance to Malahide Rugby Club)

Here he is accepting his certificate of Irishness from the Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore.

Tom Cruise's Irish roots can be traced back 840 years to the arrival of Strongbow in Ireland. Tom was christened Thomas Cruise Mapother IV and the story of his Irish ancestors - the Cruises, the Russells and the Mapothers - is one of knights, rebels and hero’s.

Click here for more details on Tom Cruise's Irish Roots and an overview of the research involved.

Laura Stotesbury- Research and Marketing Executive