MacNeil of Barra
E455525
MacNeil of Barra is a historic Scottish clan from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, traditionally led by the Clan Chief whose seat was at Kisimul Castle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| MacNeil of Barra canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4593711 — 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: MacNeil of Barra Context triple: [Kisimul Castle, builtFor, MacNeil of Barra]
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A.
Maclean of Duart
Maclean of Duart is the principal branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
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B.
Maclean of Coll
Maclean of Coll is a prominent cadet branch of the historic Scottish Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides.
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C.
Maclean of Drimnin
Maclean of Drimnin is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands around Drimnin on the west coast of Scotland.
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D.
Alasdair MacColla
Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
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E.
Maclean of Ardgour
Maclean of Ardgour is a prominent Highland Scottish clan branch historically associated with the Ardgour estate on the west coast of Scotland.
- 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: MacNeil of Barra Target entity description: MacNeil of Barra is a historic Scottish clan from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, traditionally led by the Clan Chief whose seat was at Kisimul Castle.
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A.
Maclean of Duart
Maclean of Duart is the principal branch of the Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, historically associated with Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull.
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B.
Maclean of Coll
Maclean of Coll is a prominent cadet branch of the historic Scottish Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with the Isle of Coll in the Inner Hebrides.
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C.
Maclean of Drimnin
Maclean of Drimnin is a notable cadet branch of the historic Scottish Highland Clan Maclean, traditionally associated with lands around Drimnin on the west coast of Scotland.
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D.
Alasdair MacColla
Alasdair MacColla was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Gaelic mercenary leader and Royalist commander known for his role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, particularly in Ireland and Scotland.
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E.
Maclean of Ardgour
Maclean of Ardgour is a prominent Highland Scottish clan branch historically associated with the Ardgour estate on the west coast of Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Highland clan
ⓘ
Scottish clan ⓘ |
| associatedCastle | Kisimul Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedIsland | Barra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedIslandGroup | Outer Hebrides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSea | yes ⓘ |
| clanChiefTitle | The MacNeil of Barra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clanNameInScottishGaelic | Clann Nèill Bharraigh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clanNameLanguage | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| clanSystem | Scottish clan system ⓘ |
| clanTerritory |
Barra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Small isles adjacent to Barra ⓘ Vatersay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalTradition |
Gaelic culture
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Hebridean seafaring tradition ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gaels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Chief of Clan MacNeil of Barra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Court of the Lord Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChief | Chief of Clan MacNeil of Barra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClanBadge | MacNeil of Barra crest badge ⓘ |
| hasDiaspora |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricAllies | Clan MacLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricRivals | Clan MacLean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Buaidh no bas ⓘ |
| hasPlantBadge | Dryas octopetala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSurnameForm |
MacNeil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MacNeill NERFINISHED ⓘ McNeil NERFINISHED ⓘ McNeill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTartan |
MacNeil dress tartan
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MacNeil hunting tartan NERFINISHED ⓘ MacNeil of Barra tartan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heraldicJurisdiction | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | hereditary clan chiefship ⓘ |
| historicSeat | Kisimul Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageTraditionallySpoken |
Scottish English
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Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Barra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Outer Hebrides ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation | Victory or death ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Court of the Lord Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Hebrides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
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Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| traditionalSeat | Kisimul Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: MacNeil of Barra Description of subject: MacNeil of Barra is a historic Scottish clan from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, traditionally led by the Clan Chief whose seat was at Kisimul Castle.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.