Ulaid
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Ulaid were an ancient people of northeastern Ireland, prominently featured in early Irish history and mythology, particularly the Ulster Cycle.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ulaid canonical | 11 |
| Ulaid (in some medieval sources) | 1 |
| rí Ulad | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10045313 — 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: Ulaid Context triple: [Ulaid (ancient people), ethnonymDerivedFrom, Ulaid]
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A.
Cennétig mac Lorcáin
Cennétig mac Lorcáin was a 10th-century Irish king of Thomond and patriarch of the Dál gCais dynasty, best known as the father of the High King Brian Boru.
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B.
Conall Corc
Conall Corc is a legendary early medieval Irish king regarded as the founding ancestor of the Eóganachta dynasty of Munster.
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C.
Dúngal mac Fergaile
Dúngal mac Fergaile was a 9th-century Irish king of Osraige from the Dál Birn dynasty, noted as the father of the powerful ruler Cerball mac Dúnlainge.
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D.
Conchobar mac Nessa
Conchobar mac Nessa is a legendary king of Ulster in Irish mythology, best known as the ruler during the exploits of the hero Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle.
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E.
Eóganacht Raithlind
Eóganacht Raithlind was a regional branch of the early medieval Irish Eóganachta dynasty associated with power in parts of Munster.
- 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: Ulaid Target entity description: Ulaid were an ancient people of northeastern Ireland, prominently featured in early Irish history and mythology, particularly the Ulster Cycle.
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A.
Cennétig mac Lorcáin
Cennétig mac Lorcáin was a 10th-century Irish king of Thomond and patriarch of the Dál gCais dynasty, best known as the father of the High King Brian Boru.
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B.
Conall Corc
Conall Corc is a legendary early medieval Irish king regarded as the founding ancestor of the Eóganachta dynasty of Munster.
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C.
Dúngal mac Fergaile
Dúngal mac Fergaile was a 9th-century Irish king of Osraige from the Dál Birn dynasty, noted as the father of the powerful ruler Cerball mac Dúnlainge.
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D.
Conchobar mac Nessa
Conchobar mac Nessa is a legendary king of Ulster in Irish mythology, best known as the ruler during the exploits of the hero Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle.
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E.
Eóganacht Raithlind
Eóganacht Raithlind was a regional branch of the early medieval Irish Eóganachta dynasty associated with power in parts of Munster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ historical people ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Togail Bruidne Dá Derga
ⓘ
Táin Bó Cúailnge ⓘ |
| associatedSite |
Downpatrick
ⓘ
Dún De Lethglas ⓘ
linked to:
Dún Dá Lethglas
|
| associatedWith |
Red Branch
ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ Ulster kings ⓘ |
| capital |
Emain Macha
ⓘ
Navan Fort ⓘ |
| conflictedWith |
Airgialla confederation
ⓘ
linked to:
Airgialla
Uí Néill dynasties ⓘ
linked to:
Uí Néill
|
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| culture | Celtic ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | 7th–12th centuries ⓘ |
| ethnicIdentity | pre-Norman Irish ⓘ |
| ethnonymRootOf |
Ulaidh (Irish name for Ulster)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ulster
|
| gaveNameTo |
Ulaid (medieval over-kingdom)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ulaid (ancient people)
Ulster ⓘ |
| language |
Old Irish
ⓘ
Primitive Irish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northeastern Ireland ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Ulster Cycle
ⓘ
early Irish literature ⓘ |
| mythologicalHeroAssociated |
Conchobar mac Nessa
ⓘ
Cú Chulainn ⓘ Deirdre ⓘ Fergus mac Róich ⓘ |
| neighbour |
Airgialla
ⓘ
Uí Néill ⓘ |
| partOf | Gaels ⓘ |
| politicalStructure |
over-kingdom
ⓘ
tuatha (tribal territories) ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Annals of Tigernach
ⓘ
Annals of Ulster ⓘ |
| regionCorrespondsTo |
Counties Down, Antrim, Armagh (partially)
ⓘ
modern Ulster (partially) ⓘ |
| religion | Celtic polytheism ⓘ |
| sourceType |
historical annals
ⓘ
mythological sagas ⓘ |
| successor |
Dál Fiatach
ⓘ
Dál nAraidi ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
ⓘ
early medieval Ireland ⓘ |
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: Ulaid Description of subject: Ulaid were an ancient people of northeastern Ireland, prominently featured in early Irish history and mythology, particularly the Ulster Cycle.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.