Sean Dillon as former IRA enforcer turned government operative
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Sean Dillon is a fictional ex-IRA enforcer who becomes a skilled and morally ambiguous covert operative working for the British government in Jack Higgins’s thriller novels.
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| Sean Dillon as former IRA enforcer turned government operative canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16018991 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Sean Dillon as former IRA enforcer turned government operative Context triple: [Rain on the Dead, hasProtagonistRole, Sean Dillon as former IRA enforcer turned government operative]
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A.
James Dillon
James Dillon was an Irish politician who led the Fine Gael party and served as a prominent member of Dáil Éireann in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Matt Dillon as Ethan Burke
Matt Dillon as Ethan Burke is the central Secret Service agent protagonist in the mystery–sci-fi television series "Wayward Pines," whose investigation into a small town uncovers disturbing and surreal secrets.
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C.
Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints
Connor MacManus in *The Boondock Saints* is one of two Irish-American vigilante brothers who embark on a bloody crusade against organized crime in Boston.
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D.
Gavan Duffy
Gavan Duffy is the surname of George Gavan Duffy, an Irish politician, lawyer, and signatory of the Anglo-Irish Treaty who later served as a judge.
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E.
Gavan O'Herlihy
Gavan O'Herlihy was an Irish-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in genre and action movies of the 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sean Dillon as former IRA enforcer turned government operative Target entity description: Sean Dillon is a fictional ex-IRA enforcer who becomes a skilled and morally ambiguous covert operative working for the British government in Jack Higgins’s thriller novels.
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A.
James Dillon
James Dillon was an Irish politician who led the Fine Gael party and served as a prominent member of Dáil Éireann in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Matt Dillon as Ethan Burke
Matt Dillon as Ethan Burke is the central Secret Service agent protagonist in the mystery–sci-fi television series "Wayward Pines," whose investigation into a small town uncovers disturbing and surreal secrets.
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C.
Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints
Connor MacManus in *The Boondock Saints* is one of two Irish-American vigilante brothers who embark on a bloody crusade against organized crime in Boston.
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D.
Gavan Duffy
Gavan Duffy is the surname of George Gavan Duffy, an Irish politician, lawyer, and signatory of the Anglo-Irish Treaty who later served as a judge.
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E.
Gavan O'Herlihy
Gavan O'Herlihy was an Irish-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in genre and action movies of the 1970s and 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Rain on the Dead
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hasProtagonistRole
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Sean Dillon as former IRA enforcer turned government operative
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