Hugh Dubh O’Neill
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Hugh Dubh O’Neill was an Irish Confederate general of the 17th century, noted for his skilled leadership and staunch resistance against English forces during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hugh Dubh O’Neill canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12336519 — 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: Hugh Dubh O’Neill Context triple: [Clonmel, defendedBy, Hugh Dubh O’Neill]
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A.
Domhnall O'Neill
Domhnall O'Neill was a medieval Irish chieftain and king of Tyrone, remembered as a prominent leader of the O'Neill dynasty and a defender of Gaelic autonomy against Anglo-Norman encroachment.
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B.
Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone
Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone was a prominent 16th-century Irish nobleman and chieftain who played a key role in the politics of Ulster during the Tudor conquest of Ireland.
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C.
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
Hugh Roe O'Donnell was a late 16th-century Irish chieftain of Tyrconnell and key Gaelic leader who fought English expansion during the Nine Years' War.
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D.
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, was a prominent Irish Gaelic lord best known for leading the Nine Years' War against English rule in Ireland at the turn of the 17th century.
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E.
Shane O'Neill
Shane O'Neill was the son of renowned American playwright Eugene O'Neill and an actor who appeared in a few film and stage roles before his early death.
- 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: Hugh Dubh O’Neill Target entity description: Hugh Dubh O’Neill was an Irish Confederate general of the 17th century, noted for his skilled leadership and staunch resistance against English forces during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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A.
Domhnall O'Neill
Domhnall O'Neill was a medieval Irish chieftain and king of Tyrone, remembered as a prominent leader of the O'Neill dynasty and a defender of Gaelic autonomy against Anglo-Norman encroachment.
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B.
Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone
Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone was a prominent 16th-century Irish nobleman and chieftain who played a key role in the politics of Ulster during the Tudor conquest of Ireland.
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C.
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
Hugh Roe O'Donnell was a late 16th-century Irish chieftain of Tyrconnell and key Gaelic leader who fought English expansion during the Nine Years' War.
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D.
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, was a prominent Irish Gaelic lord best known for leading the Nine Years' War against English rule in Ireland at the turn of the 17th century.
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E.
Shane O'Neill
Shane O'Neill was the son of renowned American playwright Eugene O'Neill and an actor who appeared in a few film and stage roles before his early death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.