![Actor Tom Cruise has received a certificate to mark his Irish roots after researchers discovered one of his ancestors helped evicted tenants get back to their lands just before the famine - Actor Tom Cruise has received a certificate to mark his Irish roots after researchers discovered one of his ancestors helped evicted tenants get back to their lands just before the famine -](https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/incoming/article1806771.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Tom-Cruise-and-Eamon-Gilmore.jpg)
Actor Tom Cruise has received a certificate to mark his Irish roots after researchers discovered one of his ancestors helped evicted tenants get back to their lands just before the famine -
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Tom Cruise outside the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin where he received a certificate of Irishness from Irish Government and Tourism Ireland Stock Photo - Alamy
![Tom Cruise was reportedly called a "bastard" and falsely accused of stealing cigarettes in an Irish pub during the '90s Tom Cruise was reportedly called a "bastard" and falsely accused of stealing cigarettes in an Irish pub during the '90s](https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BPJP1M.jpg)
Tom Cruise was reportedly called a "bastard" and falsely accused of stealing cigarettes in an Irish pub during the '90s
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Cruise Finally Awarded Irish Heritage Cert For Outstanding Performance In Far And Away – Waterford Whispers News
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![Tom Cruise as bewildered Irish potato farmer Joseph Donnelly in "Far and Away." Plunge and scrub. | Tom cruise, Movies must see, Beautiful boys Tom Cruise as bewildered Irish potato farmer Joseph Donnelly in "Far and Away." Plunge and scrub. | Tom cruise, Movies must see, Beautiful boys](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/59/75/aa/5975aaccb077ad82e617ba1487a3fdb5.jpg)
Tom Cruise as bewildered Irish potato farmer Joseph Donnelly in "Far and Away." Plunge and scrub. | Tom cruise, Movies must see, Beautiful boys
![Hollywood star Tom Cruise discovers Irish heritage as he visits Dublin | The Independent | The Independent Hollywood star Tom Cruise discovers Irish heritage as he visits Dublin | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2013/04/04/08/164692102.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=crop)
Hollywood star Tom Cruise discovers Irish heritage as he visits Dublin | The Independent | The Independent
![Tom Cruise almost had arm broken over Diet Coke confusion in pub in 1991, Irish MP claims | Tom Cruise | The Guardian Tom Cruise almost had arm broken over Diet Coke confusion in pub in 1991, Irish MP claims | Tom Cruise | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a0be3eb8a87ea0f04da186eac097035c7ac505c9/0_582_2247_1348/master/2247.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=f30d44b7727bd1cb5afb2d682da9eec5)
Tom Cruise almost had arm broken over Diet Coke confusion in pub in 1991, Irish MP claims | Tom Cruise | The Guardian
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