Eoghain
E891358
Eoghain is a traditional Irish given name of Gaelic origin, often anglicized in various forms and historically borne by several notable figures in Ireland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eoghain canonical | 3 |
| Eógan mac Néill | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10865916 — 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: Eoghain Context triple: [MacEoghain, isVariantOf, Eoghain]
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A.
Áed Findliath
Áed Findliath was a 9th-century High King of Ireland from the powerful Uí Néill dynasty, known for his resistance to Viking incursions and consolidation of northern power.
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B.
Ó Néill
Ó Néill is a historic Irish Gaelic surname associated with the powerful O'Neill dynasty of Ulster, traditionally claiming descent from the legendary Niall of the Nine Hostages.
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C.
Lóegaire mac Néill
Lóegaire mac Néill was a legendary 5th-century High King of Ireland from the Uí Néill dynasty, known in tradition as a contemporary and opponent of Saint Patrick.
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D.
Muirchertach mac Néill
Muirchertach mac Néill was a 10th-century Irish king of the Northern Uí Néill, renowned as a powerful war leader and a key figure in the politics of early medieval Ireland.
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E.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
- 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: Eoghain Target entity description: Eoghain is a traditional Irish given name of Gaelic origin, often anglicized in various forms and historically borne by several notable figures in Ireland.
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A.
Áed Findliath
Áed Findliath was a 9th-century High King of Ireland from the powerful Uí Néill dynasty, known for his resistance to Viking incursions and consolidation of northern power.
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B.
Ó Néill
Ó Néill is a historic Irish Gaelic surname associated with the powerful O'Neill dynasty of Ulster, traditionally claiming descent from the legendary Niall of the Nine Hostages.
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C.
Lóegaire mac Néill
Lóegaire mac Néill was a legendary 5th-century High King of Ireland from the Uí Néill dynasty, known in tradition as a contemporary and opponent of Saint Patrick.
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D.
Muirchertach mac Néill
Muirchertach mac Néill was a 10th-century Irish king of the Northern Uí Néill, renowned as a powerful war leader and a key figure in the politics of early medieval Ireland.
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E.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| hasAnglicizedForm |
Eoghan
ⓘ
Eoin ⓘ Euan ⓘ Ewan ⓘ Ewen ⓘ Owen ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Gaelic-language given names
ⓘ
Irish-language masculine given names ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin | Irish culture ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRoot |
Old Irish Eógan
ⓘ
linked to:
Eoghan
|
| hasGender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalUsage |
early modern Ireland
ⓘ
medieval Ireland ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Gaelic
ⓘ
linked to:
Goidelic
Irish ⓘ |
| hasNameType | personal name ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion |
Ireland
ⓘ
Irish diaspora ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling |
Eoghan
ⓘ
Eóghain ⓘ
linked to:
Eoghan
Eóghan ⓘ
linked to:
Eoghan
|
| isAssociatedWith |
Gaelic nobility
ⓘ
Irish heritage ⓘ |
| isBorneBy | multiple historical Irish figures ⓘ |
| isOfGaelicOrigin | true ⓘ |
| isTraditionalName | true ⓘ |
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: Eoghain Description of subject: Eoghain is a traditional Irish given name of Gaelic origin, often anglicized in various forms and historically borne by several notable figures in Ireland.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eoghain