An Gorta Mór
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An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| An Gorta Mór canonical | 2 |
| Great Famine of Ireland | 1 |
| The Great Hunger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T298756 — 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.
Target entity: An Gorta Mór Context triple: [Great Famine, alsoKnownAs, An Gorta Mór]
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Çhiarn Vannin
Çhiarn Vannin is the Manx-language title used for the Lord of Mann, the historic ruler associated with the Isle of Man.
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B.
Irish Rebellion of 1798
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a major uprising led largely by the United Irishmen against British rule in Ireland, inspired by the American and French revolutions and aiming to establish an independent Irish republic.
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C.
Macheath
Macheath is the charming yet roguish highwayman and anti-hero central to John Gay’s satirical ballad opera "The Beggar’s Opera."
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D.
Plantation of Ulster
The Plantation of Ulster was a 17th-century English and Scottish colonization project in northern Ireland that profoundly reshaped the region’s land ownership, demographics, and sectarian divisions.
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E.
Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle is a surname most prominently associated in contemporary American culture with television personality and political figure Kimberly Guilfoyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: An Gorta Mór Target entity description: An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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A.
Çhiarn Vannin
Çhiarn Vannin is the Manx-language title used for the Lord of Mann, the historic ruler associated with the Isle of Man.
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B.
Irish Rebellion of 1798
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a major uprising led largely by the United Irishmen against British rule in Ireland, inspired by the American and French revolutions and aiming to establish an independent Irish republic.
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C.
Macheath
Macheath is the charming yet roguish highwayman and anti-hero central to John Gay’s satirical ballad opera "The Beggar’s Opera."
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D.
Plantation of Ulster
The Plantation of Ulster was a 17th-century English and Scottish colonization project in northern Ireland that profoundly reshaped the region’s land ownership, demographics, and sectarian divisions.
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E.
Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle is a surname most prominently associated in contemporary American culture with television personality and political figure Kimberly Guilfoyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Great Famine
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famine ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Famine
ⓘ
Great Famine ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Potato Famine
|
| associatedWith |
Irish diaspora in Australia
ⓘ
Irish diaspora in Britain ⓘ Irish diaspora in Canada ⓘ Irish diaspora in the United States ⓘ Irish nationalism ⓘ evictions of tenant farmers ⓘ workhouses in Ireland ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy |
Poor Law system
ⓘ
laissez-faire economic policy ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
National Famine Memorial (Murrisk, County Mayo)
ⓘ
Irish National Famine Museum (Strokestown Park) ⓘ
surface form:
National Famine Museum (Strokestown Park)
|
| commemoratedOn | National Famine Commemoration Day ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| demographicImpact |
Irish population reduced by about one quarter
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long-term population decline in Ireland ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
collapse of smallholdings
ⓘ
increased land consolidation ⓘ |
| endTime | 1852 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | Irish history ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
mass emigration
ⓘ
mass starvation ⓘ population decline in Ireland ⓘ widespread disease ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Black 47
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winter of 1846–1847 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Irish folk memory
ⓘ
Irish literature ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Irish ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| location |
island of Ireland
ⓘ
rural Ireland ⓘ |
| mainCause |
Phytophthora infestans
ⓘ
potato blight ⓘ |
| nativeName | An Gorta Mór self-link ⓘ |
| numberOfDeaths | approximately 1 million ⓘ |
| numberOfEmigrants | over 1 million ⓘ |
| politicalContext | British rule in Ireland ⓘ |
| significantIn |
development of Irish nationalism
ⓘ
history of Ireland ⓘ patterns of global migration ⓘ |
| socialImpact |
disruption of rural society
ⓘ
growth of Irish diaspora ⓘ |
| startTime | 1845 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: An Gorta Mór Description of subject: An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
Referenced by (4)
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