Tomás Mac Curtain
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Tomás Mac Curtain was an Irish republican revolutionary and politician who served as Lord Mayor of Cork and was assassinated in 1920 during the Irish War of Independence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tomás Mac Curtain canonical | 3 |
| Tomás MacCurtain (grandson, later Lord Mayor of Cork) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2350661 — 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: Tomás Mac Curtain Context triple: [Presentation Brothers College, Cork, hasAlumni, Tomás Mac Curtain]
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A.
Raymond McCreesh
Raymond McCreesh was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member from South Armagh who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
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B.
Roderic O'Conor
Roderic O'Conor was an Irish post-impressionist painter known for his bold use of color and texture and his association with avant-garde artists in late 19th-century France.
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C.
Seán Power
Seán Power is an Irish politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) and held various public offices in Ireland.
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D.
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir is an Irish Sinn Féin politician, businessman, and former Lord Mayor of Belfast who has also served as Northern Ireland’s Minister of Finance.
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E.
Thomas Deane
Thomas Deane was a prominent 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and collegiate buildings, particularly in Cork.
- 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: Tomás Mac Curtain Target entity description: Tomás Mac Curtain was an Irish republican revolutionary and politician who served as Lord Mayor of Cork and was assassinated in 1920 during the Irish War of Independence.
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A.
Raymond McCreesh
Raymond McCreesh was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member from South Armagh who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
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B.
Roderic O'Conor
Roderic O'Conor was an Irish post-impressionist painter known for his bold use of color and texture and his association with avant-garde artists in late 19th-century France.
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C.
Seán Power
Seán Power is an Irish politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) and held various public offices in Ireland.
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D.
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir is an Irish Sinn Féin politician, businessman, and former Lord Mayor of Belfast who has also served as Northern Ireland’s Minister of Finance.
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E.
Thomas Deane
Thomas Deane was a prominent 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and collegiate buildings, particularly in Cork.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish republican
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| birthName | Thomas Curtin ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Finbarr’s Cemetery, Cork ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wounds ⓘ |
| commanded |
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cork No. 1 Brigade, Irish Republican Army
|
| conflict | Irish War of Independence ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1884-03-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1920-03-20 ⓘ |
| education | local national schools in County Cork ⓘ |
| era | early 20th-century Irish revolutionary period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Tomás Mac Curtain
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tomás MacCurtain (grandson, later Lord Mayor of Cork)
|
| honouredBy | commemorative plaques in Cork ⓘ |
| knownFor | symbol of British repression in Ireland ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)
ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Republican Army
Irish Volunteers ⓘ Sinn Féin ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commandant ⓘ |
| name | Tomás Mac Curtain self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being assassinated while serving as Lord Mayor of Cork
ⓘ
leadership in the Irish republican movement in Cork ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 8 ⓘ |
| occupation |
Irish Republican Army officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1920-03-20 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1920-01 ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Easter Rising period organizing in Cork ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ballyknockane, Mourne Abbey, County Cork, Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cork city
ⓘ
surface form:
Cork, Ireland
|
| politicalMovement | Irish republicanism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Lord Mayor of Cork ⓘ |
| predecessor | William F. O’Connor ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Blackpool, Cork, Ireland ⓘ |
| spouse | Eilís Walsh ⓘ |
| successor | Terence MacSwiney ⓘ |
| victimOf |
British forces
ⓘ
surface form:
British forces in Ireland
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tomás Mac Curtain Description of subject: Tomás Mac Curtain was an Irish republican revolutionary and politician who served as Lord Mayor of Cork and was assassinated in 1920 during the Irish War of Independence.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tomás MacCurtain (grandson, later Lord Mayor of Cork)