Meagher
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Meagher is an Irish surname most notably associated with Thomas Francis Meagher, a 19th-century Irish nationalist and American Civil War general.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meagher canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7779134 — 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: Meagher Context triple: [Thomas Francis Meagher, familyName, Meagher]
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A.
Mulcahy
Mulcahy is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, borne by various notable figures in Ireland and the Irish diaspora.
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B.
Mullally
Mullally is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, sports, and public service.
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C.
Mullane
Mullane is a surname of Irish origin, considered a variant of the name Mullen.
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D.
O'Herlihy
O'Herlihy is an Irish surname associated with figures in film, television, and the arts.
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E.
McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy is an Irish-origin surname best known as the birth name of legendary American baseball manager Connie Mack.
- 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: Meagher Target entity description: Meagher is an Irish surname most notably associated with Thomas Francis Meagher, a 19th-century Irish nationalist and American Civil War general.
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A.
Mulcahy
Mulcahy is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, borne by various notable figures in Ireland and the Irish diaspora.
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B.
Mullally
Mullally is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, sports, and public service.
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C.
Mullane
Mullane is a surname of Irish origin, considered a variant of the name Mullen.
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D.
O'Herlihy
O'Herlihy is an Irish surname associated with figures in film, television, and the arts.
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E.
McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy is an Irish-origin surname best known as the birth name of legendary American baseball manager Connie Mack.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| allegiance | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| commanded | Irish Brigade (American Civil War) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictedOf | treason ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1823-08-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1867-07-01 ⓘ |
| designed | Irish tricolour flag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| escapedFrom | Van Diemen's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Francis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColor |
green
ⓘ
orange ⓘ white ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Thomas Francis Meagher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegionOfOrigin | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Meagher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Maher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meagar NERFINISHED ⓘ Meagher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Young Ireland movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Irish nationalist activism
ⓘ
service as a Union Army general in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ orator ⓘ politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| officeHeld | Acting Governor of Montana Territory ⓘ |
| participantIn | Rebellion of 1848 in Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Waterford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Missouri River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfExile | Van Diemen's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentencedTo | transportation for life ⓘ |
| termEnd | 1867 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1865 ⓘ |
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: Meagher Description of subject: Meagher is an Irish surname most notably associated with Thomas Francis Meagher, a 19th-century Irish nationalist and American Civil War general.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.