Brady's bunch touch down to trace roots

Retired American Football star's relatives visit ancestral village

- DANNY DE VAAL and LORRAINE TEEVAN

THE family of former NFL superstar Tom Brady have visited a tiny Irish village to trace their ancestral roots.

The parents of the retired New England Patriots ace, considered to be the greatest quarterback of all time, travelled to Milltown in Cavan yesterday.

Tom Snr and Galynn, who had been holidaying in Ireland, along with his sisters Julie and Nancy and their grandchildren went to their ancestral home.

The family arrived at the annual blessing of the graves in Drumlane Abbey to pay tribute to the parents of Tom Snr’s great grandfather John Brady who set sail for America in 1850.

They were greeted afterwards in the local school by villagers who were keen to tell them about their ancestry. Fr Gerry Comiskey who coordinated the visit presented the family with a handcrafted memento and a cup bearing the Brady family crest.