Tomás Mac Giolla
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Tomás Mac Giolla was an Irish republican politician and long-time leader of Official Sinn Féin who later became president of the Workers' Party and served as a Teachta Dála (TD) and Lord Mayor of Dublin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tomás Mac Giolla canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4339356 — 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 Giolla Context triple: [Official republican movement, notableLeader, Tomás Mac Giolla]
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A.
Tomás Mac Curtain
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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B.
Seán Mac Eoin
Seán Mac Eoin was an Irish revolutionary leader and later a senior military and political figure in the Irish Free State, renowned for his role in the War of Independence and subsequent national army service.
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C.
Mac Diarmada
Mac Diarmada is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with a prominent clan in Connacht.
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D.
Seán Durkan
Seán Durkan is an Irish politician associated with the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), known for his involvement in Northern Ireland’s political landscape.
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E.
Donncha O'Callaghan
Donncha O'Callaghan is a former Irish rugby union lock best known for his long career with Munster and Ireland, including winning the 2009 Grand Slam and earning over 90 international caps.
- 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 Giolla Target entity description: Tomás Mac Giolla was an Irish republican politician and long-time leader of Official Sinn Féin who later became president of the Workers' Party and served as a Teachta Dála (TD) and Lord Mayor of Dublin.
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A.
Tomás Mac Curtain
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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B.
Seán Mac Eoin
Seán Mac Eoin was an Irish revolutionary leader and later a senior military and political figure in the Irish Free State, renowned for his role in the War of Independence and subsequent national army service.
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C.
Mac Diarmada
Mac Diarmada is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with a prominent clan in Connacht.
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D.
Seán Durkan
Seán Durkan is an Irish politician associated with the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), known for his involvement in Northern Ireland’s political landscape.
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E.
Donncha O'Callaghan
Donncha O'Callaghan is a former Irish rugby union lock best known for his long career with Munster and Ireland, including winning the 2009 Grand Slam and earning over 90 international caps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Irish politics
ⓘ
Irish republican movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| advocated | peaceful political methods in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| birthName | Thomas Gill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bohernabreena Cemetery, County Dublin, Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1924-01-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-02-04 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Dáil Éireann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Official Sinn Féin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sinn Féin NERFINISHED ⓘ Workers' Party of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Tomás Mac Giolla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of parliamentary left-wing republicanism
ⓘ
leadership of Official Sinn Féin ⓘ role in founding the Workers' Party of Ireland ⓘ service as Lord Mayor of Dublin ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | President of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed | Provisional IRA armed campaign ⓘ |
| participatedIn | split of Sinn Féin in 1970 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Dublin, Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
Irish republicanism
ⓘ
socialism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lord Mayor of Dublin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
President of Official Sinn Féin ⓘ President of Sinn Féin NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Workers' Party of Ireland ⓘ Teachta Dála ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| representedConstituency |
Dublin South-West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dublin West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Dublin, Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | leader of Official Sinn Féin after 1970 split ⓘ |
| spouse | Máire Mac Giolla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported |
social and economic equality
ⓘ
workers' rights ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tomás Mac Giolla Description of subject: Tomás Mac Giolla was an Irish republican politician and long-time leader of Official Sinn Féin who later became president of the Workers' Party and served as a Teachta Dála (TD) and Lord Mayor of Dublin.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.