Moya Brennan
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Moya Brennan is an Irish singer and harpist best known as the lead vocalist of the Celtic band Clannad and a pioneering figure in contemporary Celtic music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moya Brennan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4273307 — 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: Moya Brennan Context triple: [Enya, sibling, Moya Brennan]
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A.
Eithne Brennan
Eithne Brennan is the birth name of Enya, the Irish singer, songwriter, and musician renowned for her ethereal, multi-layered New Age music.
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B.
Leonora O’Reilly
Leonora O’Reilly was an American labor organizer and suffragist who became a prominent figure in the early 20th-century women’s rights and labor movements.
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C.
Meabh Flynn
Meabh Flynn is a British filmmaker and music video director best known for her creative collaborations with and marriage to musician Peter Gabriel.
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D.
Leueen MacGrath
Leueen MacGrath was a British-born actress and playwright known for her work on Broadway and in film, as well as for co-writing several notable stage musicals.
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E.
Roz Doyle
Roz Doyle is a sharp-tongued, witty radio producer and close friend of Frasier Crane on the television sitcom "Frasier."
- 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: Moya Brennan Target entity description: Moya Brennan is an Irish singer and harpist best known as the lead vocalist of the Celtic band Clannad and a pioneering figure in contemporary Celtic music.
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A.
Eithne Brennan
Eithne Brennan is the birth name of Enya, the Irish singer, songwriter, and musician renowned for her ethereal, multi-layered New Age music.
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B.
Leonora O’Reilly
Leonora O’Reilly was an American labor organizer and suffragist who became a prominent figure in the early 20th-century women’s rights and labor movements.
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C.
Meabh Flynn
Meabh Flynn is a British filmmaker and music video director best known for her creative collaborations with and marriage to musician Peter Gabriel.
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D.
Leueen MacGrath
Leueen MacGrath was a British-born actress and playwright known for her work on Broadway and in film, as well as for co-writing several notable stage musicals.
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E.
Roz Doyle
Roz Doyle is a sharp-tongued, witty radio producer and close friend of Frasier Crane on the television sitcom "Frasier."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish person
ⓘ
harpist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | music industry ⓘ |
| activeSince | 1970s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Máire Brennan
NERFINISHED
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The First Lady of Celtic Music ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bono
NERFINISHED
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Chicane NERFINISHED ⓘ Clannad NERFINISHED ⓘ Enya NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Plant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Máire Ní Bhraonáin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| family | Brennan family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Celtic music
ⓘ
Christian music ⓘ Folk music ⓘ New-age music ⓘ |
| hasSoloAlbum |
Heart Strings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Máire (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Perfect Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Signature ⓘ Two Horizons NERFINISHED ⓘ Voices & Harps NERFINISHED ⓘ Whisper to the Wild Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWon |
BAFTA Award (with Clannad)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grammy Award (with Clannad) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLeadVocalistOf | Clannad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPioneerOf | contemporary Celtic music ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Clannad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Moya Brennan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
I Will Find You (with Clannad)
NERFINISHED
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In a Lifetime (with Clannad and Bono) NERFINISHED ⓘ Theme from Harry’s Game (with Clannad) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
harpist
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musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| playsInstrument |
harp
ⓘ
voice ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ciarán Brennan
NERFINISHED
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Enya NERFINISHED ⓘ Pól Brennan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Moya Brennan Description of subject: Moya Brennan is an Irish singer and harpist best known as the lead vocalist of the Celtic band Clannad and a pioneering figure in contemporary Celtic music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.