Blanketmen
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Blanketmen is a memoir by former IRA prisoner Richard O’Rawe that offers a controversial insider account of the 1981 Irish hunger strikes in the Maze Prison.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blanketmen canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7783756 — 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: Blanketmen Context triple: [Richard O’Rawe, wrote, Blanketmen]
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A.
The Blanketmen
The Blanketmen is the nickname of Witney Town F.C., a former English football club based in Witney, Oxfordshire.
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B.
Hoobastank
Hoobastank is an American rock band best known for their early-2000s hit single "The Reason."
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C.
The Freak
The Freak is the nickname of Tim Lincecum, a former San Francisco Giants pitcher known for his dominant performances, unorthodox delivery, and multiple Cy Young Awards.
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D.
Baghead
Baghead is a 2008 indie horror-comedy film about struggling filmmakers who retreat to a cabin in the woods to write a screenplay, only to encounter a mysterious figure with a bag over their head.
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E.
Bonesmen
Bonesmen are members of the secretive Yale University society Skull and Bones, known for its influential and elite alumni network in American politics, business, and culture.
- 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: Blanketmen Target entity description: Blanketmen is a memoir by former IRA prisoner Richard O’Rawe that offers a controversial insider account of the 1981 Irish hunger strikes in the Maze Prison.
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A.
The Blanketmen
The Blanketmen is the nickname of Witney Town F.C., a former English football club based in Witney, Oxfordshire.
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B.
Hoobastank
Hoobastank is an American rock band best known for their early-2000s hit single "The Reason."
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C.
The Freak
The Freak is the nickname of Tim Lincecum, a former San Francisco Giants pitcher known for his dominant performances, unorthodox delivery, and multiple Cy Young Awards.
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D.
Baghead
Baghead is a 2008 indie horror-comedy film about struggling filmmakers who retreat to a cabin in the woods to write a screenplay, only to encounter a mysterious figure with a bag over their head.
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E.
Bonesmen
Bonesmen are members of the secretive Yale University society Skull and Bones, known for its influential and elite alumni network in American politics, business, and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Richard O’Rawe ⓘ |
| controversy |
allegations that a possible deal to end the hunger strike was rejected
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challenge to mainstream republican narrative of the hunger strike ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison
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blanket protest in the Maze Prison ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
IRA prisoners’ perspective
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decision-making during the hunger strike ⓘ political status struggle of republican prisoners ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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political memoir ⓘ |
| hasReputation | controversial account of the 1981 hunger strike ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British government policy in Northern Ireland
ⓘ
Irish republican prisoners ⓘ Sinn Féin and IRA leadership ⓘ
linked to:
Irish republican movement
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
1981 Irish hunger strike
ⓘ
Maze Prison ⓘ Northern Ireland conflict ⓘ
linked to:
The Troubles
Provisional Irish Republican Army ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| portrays |
conditions in H-Blocks of Maze Prison
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internal IRA prison leadership dynamics ⓘ negotiations around hunger strike settlement ⓘ |
| portraysPerson |
Bobby Sands
ⓘ
other IRA hunger strikers ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Irish republican movement
ⓘ
Troubles in Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
The Troubles
|
| relatedWork | accounts of the 1981 Irish hunger strike ⓘ |
| setting |
H-Blocks
ⓘ
linked to:
Maze Prison
Maze Prison ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
readers interested in Irish political history
ⓘ
readers interested in prison memoirs ⓘ |
| theme |
leadership and responsibility
ⓘ
memory and contested narratives ⓘ morality of political decisions ⓘ political sacrifice ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1981
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | post-conflict reflection on the Troubles ⓘ |
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