Tír Eoghain
E521859
Tír Eoghain is the historic Irish name for the region now known as County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, traditionally associated with the territory of the O'Neill dynasty.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tír Eoghain canonical | 2 |
| Kingdom of Ulster | 1 |
| Tír Eógain | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5469611 — 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: Tír Eoghain Context triple: [County Tyrone, historicalName, Tír Eoghain]
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A.
Kingdom of Leinster
The Kingdom of Leinster was a historic Gaelic Irish kingdom in the southeast of Ireland that played a central role in early Irish politics and resistance to Norman invasion.
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B.
Kingdom of Connacht
The Kingdom of Connacht was a medieval Irish kingdom in the west of Ireland, centered on the province of Connacht and ruled by dynasties such as the Uí Briúin.
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C.
Dál Riata
Dál Riata was an early medieval Gaelic overkingdom that encompassed parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ireland and played a key role in the spread of Gaelic culture and Christianity in the region.
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D.
Tyrconnell
Tyrconnell is a historic region and earldom in northwest Ireland, roughly corresponding to modern County Donegal, long associated with the O'Donnell dynasty and central to Gaelic resistance against English rule.
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E.
Ulster
Ulster is a historic province in the north of Ireland, encompassing parts of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, known for its distinct cultural and political identity.
- 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: Tír Eoghain Target entity description: Tír Eoghain is the historic Irish name for the region now known as County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, traditionally associated with the territory of the O'Neill dynasty.
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A.
Kingdom of Leinster
The Kingdom of Leinster was a historic Gaelic Irish kingdom in the southeast of Ireland that played a central role in early Irish politics and resistance to Norman invasion.
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B.
Kingdom of Connacht
The Kingdom of Connacht was a medieval Irish kingdom in the west of Ireland, centered on the province of Connacht and ruled by dynasties such as the Uí Briúin.
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C.
Dál Riata
Dál Riata was an early medieval Gaelic overkingdom that encompassed parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ireland and played a key role in the spread of Gaelic culture and Christianity in the region.
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D.
Tyrconnell
Tyrconnell is a historic region and earldom in northwest Ireland, roughly corresponding to modern County Donegal, long associated with the O'Donnell dynasty and central to Gaelic resistance against English rule.
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E.
Ulster
Ulster is a historic province in the north of Ireland, encompassing parts of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, known for its distinct cultural and political identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gaelic lordship
ⓘ
historic Irish territory ⓘ medieval Irish kingdom ⓘ |
| associatedClan | Cenél nEógain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | O'Neill dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Airgíalla
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tír Chonaill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Dungannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Gaelic kingdoms of Ulster
ⓘ
Historic counties and territories of Ireland ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Irish-speaking Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gaels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feudalRelation | overlordship of subordinate Ulster clans ⓘ |
| governanceType | hereditary chieftaincy ⓘ |
| governedBy | O'Neill chieftains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalCenter |
Dungannon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tullyhogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEconomy |
cattle-raising
ⓘ
pastoral agriculture ⓘ |
| historicalLanguage | Irish (Gaeilge) ⓘ |
| historicalReligion |
Gaelic Christianity
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Nine Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Irish ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Brehon law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedTitle |
Earl of Tyrone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The O'Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ulster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | land of Eoghan ⓘ |
| modernEquivalent | County Tyrone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eógan mac Néill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRuler | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gaelic Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
province of Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | Gaelic lordship outside direct English control for much of its history ⓘ |
| predecessor | Cenél nEógain territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentIn |
Gaelic genealogies
ⓘ
Irish historical tradition ⓘ |
| successor | County Tyrone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
| traditionalInaugurationSite | Tullyhogue Fort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalRulingFamily | O'Neill of Tyrone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsNameFor | County Tyrone in Irish ⓘ |
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: Tír Eoghain Description of subject: Tír Eoghain is the historic Irish name for the region now known as County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, traditionally associated with the territory of the O'Neill dynasty.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kingdom of Ulster