Mac Briain
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Mac Briain is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with families descended from Brian Boru and closely linked to the Ó Briain lineage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mac Briain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21185185 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mac Briain Context triple: [Ó Briain, relatedSurname, Mac Briain]
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A.
Mac Suibhne
Mac Suibhne is a Gaelic surname associated with the Irish and Scottish clan historically anglicized as Sweeney.
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B.
Mac Aoidh
Mac Aoidh is a Gaelic surname, anglicized in forms such as McKay, traditionally associated with Scottish and Irish clans.
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C.
Ruairí
Ruairí is an Irish given name traditionally borne by men, closely related to names like Roderic/Roderick and associated with historical Gaelic nobility.
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D.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
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E.
Giric mac Dúngail
Giric mac Dúngail was a 9th-century king of the Picts or early Scots, remembered as a shadowy and controversial ruler whose reign is associated with ecclesiastical reforms and possible joint kingship with Eochaid.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mac Briain Target entity description: Mac Briain is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with families descended from Brian Boru and closely linked to the Ó Briain lineage.
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A.
Mac Suibhne
Mac Suibhne is a Gaelic surname associated with the Irish and Scottish clan historically anglicized as Sweeney.
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B.
Mac Aoidh
Mac Aoidh is a Gaelic surname, anglicized in forms such as McKay, traditionally associated with Scottish and Irish clans.
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C.
Ruairí
Ruairí is an Irish given name traditionally borne by men, closely related to names like Roderic/Roderick and associated with historical Gaelic nobility.
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D.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
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E.
Giric mac Dúngail
Giric mac Dúngail was a 9th-century king of the Picts or early Scots, remembered as a shadowy and controversial ruler whose reign is associated with ecclesiastical reforms and possible joint kingship with Eochaid.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.