Saint Colmán mac Duach
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Saint Colmán mac Duach was an early Irish saint and monastic founder associated with the Uí Fiachrach dynasty, venerated particularly in the west of Ireland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saint Colman | 1 |
| Saint Colmán mac Duach canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9401246 — 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: Saint Colmán mac Duach Context triple: [Uí Fiachrach, hasNotableMember, Saint Colmán mac Duach]
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A.
Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was an early Irish Christian monk and founder of the influential monastic settlement at Clonmacnoise, renowned as one of the great saints of early medieval Ireland.
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B.
Saint Ciarán of Saigir
Saint Ciarán of Saigir is an early Irish Christian saint and reputed founder of the monastery at Saigir, traditionally regarded as one of the first bishops and missionaries in southern Ireland.
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Saint Finbarr
Saint Finbarr is a 6th–7th century Irish bishop and hermit venerated as the patron saint of Cork, where he is credited with founding a monastic settlement that grew into the city.
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D.
Brendan of Clonfert
Brendan of Clonfert, also known as St. Brendan the Navigator, was a 6th-century Irish monk and legendary seafaring saint famed for his epic voyage in search of the "Isle of the Blessed."
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E.
Saint Muredach
Saint Muredach is an early Irish Christian saint traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Killala and a foundational figure in the region’s ecclesiastical history.
- 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: Saint Colmán mac Duach Target entity description: Saint Colmán mac Duach was an early Irish saint and monastic founder associated with the Uí Fiachrach dynasty, venerated particularly in the west of Ireland.
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A.
Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was an early Irish Christian monk and founder of the influential monastic settlement at Clonmacnoise, renowned as one of the great saints of early medieval Ireland.
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B.
Saint Ciarán of Saigir
Saint Ciarán of Saigir is an early Irish Christian saint and reputed founder of the monastery at Saigir, traditionally regarded as one of the first bishops and missionaries in southern Ireland.
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C.
Saint Finbarr
Saint Finbarr is a 6th–7th century Irish bishop and hermit venerated as the patron saint of Cork, where he is credited with founding a monastic settlement that grew into the city.
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D.
Brendan of Clonfert
Brendan of Clonfert, also known as St. Brendan the Navigator, was a 6th-century Irish monk and legendary seafaring saint famed for his epic voyage in search of the "Isle of the Blessed."
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E.
Saint Muredach
Saint Muredach is an early Irish Christian saint traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Killala and a foundational figure in the region’s ecclesiastical history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
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: Saint Colmán mac Duach Description of subject: Saint Colmán mac Duach was an early Irish saint and monastic founder associated with the Uí Fiachrach dynasty, venerated particularly in the west of Ireland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saint Colmán mac Duach