Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill
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Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill was a late 16th-century Gaelic Irish chieftain of Tyrconnell and a leading rebel leader against English rule, renowned for his role in the Nine Years' War alongside Hugh O’Neill.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6082304 — 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: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill Context triple: [Nine Years' War in Ireland, commander, Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill]
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A.
Mac Diarmada
Mac Diarmada is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with a prominent clan in Connacht.
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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 Mac Stíofáin
Seán Mac Stíofáin was a prominent Irish republican and founding Chief of Staff of the Provisional IRA, known for his central role in the militant campaign during the early years of the Troubles.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill Target entity description: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill was a late 16th-century Gaelic Irish chieftain of Tyrconnell and a leading rebel leader against English rule, renowned for his role in the Nine Years' War alongside Hugh O’Neill.
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A.
Mac Diarmada
Mac Diarmada is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with a prominent clan in Connacht.
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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 Mac Stíofáin
Seán Mac Stíofáin was a prominent Irish republican and founding Chief of Staff of the Provisional IRA, known for his central role in the militant campaign during the early years of the Troubles.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gaelic Irish chieftain
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historical figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ nobleman ⓘ rebel leader ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Nine Years' War
NERFINISHED
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late 16th century ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Earl of Tyrone
NERFINISHED
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Hugh O’Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Aodh Rua Ó Domhnaill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hugh Roe O’Donnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Hugh O’Donnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gaelic order in Ireland
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Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Donegal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tyrconnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1572 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Valladolid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | English authorities ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | poisoning ⓘ |
| conflict | Nine Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1602 ⓘ |
| diedIn |
Simancas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gaelic Irish ⓘ |
| familyName | Ó Domhnaill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Hugh mac Manus Ó Domhnaill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Tír Chonaill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | O’Donnell of Tyrconnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Dublin Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | escape from Dublin Castle ⓘ |
| language | Irish ⓘ |
| memberOf | O’Donnell dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Iníon Dubh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the Nine Years' War
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resistance to English rule in Ireland ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
English Crown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English administration in Ireland ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Tudor conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Kinsale
NERFINISHED
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Battle of the Yellow Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Tír Chonaill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| ruled | Tyrconnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soughtAssistanceFrom | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Spanish monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Chief of Tyrconnell
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Lord of Tyrconnell 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: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill Description of subject: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill was a late 16th-century Gaelic Irish chieftain of Tyrconnell and a leading rebel leader against English rule, renowned for his role in the Nine Years' War alongside Hugh O’Neill.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.