Kingdom of Breifne
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The Kingdom of Breifne was a medieval Gaelic Irish kingdom in north-central Ireland, roughly encompassing modern County Cavan and parts of neighboring counties, ruled predominantly by the O'Rourke and O'Reilly dynasties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kingdom of Breifne canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6083314 — 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: Kingdom of Breifne Context triple: [Cavan, historicalProvince, Kingdom of Breifne]
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A.
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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B.
Kingdom of Thomond
The Kingdom of Thomond was a medieval Irish realm in western Ireland, centered in modern County Clare and ruled for centuries by the O'Brien dynasty.
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C.
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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D.
Kingdom of Desmond
The Kingdom of Desmond was a medieval Gaelic Irish realm in southwestern Ireland, ruled predominantly by the MacCarthy dynasty and centered in what is now County Cork and County Kerry.
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E.
ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe
The ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe was a Gaelic Irish polity centered in what is now County Offaly, whose ruling dynasty and territory gave the modern county its name.
- 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: Kingdom of Breifne Target entity description: The Kingdom of Breifne was a medieval Gaelic Irish kingdom in north-central Ireland, roughly encompassing modern County Cavan and parts of neighboring counties, ruled predominantly by the O'Rourke and O'Reilly dynasties.
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A.
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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B.
Kingdom of Thomond
The Kingdom of Thomond was a medieval Irish realm in western Ireland, centered in modern County Clare and ruled for centuries by the O'Brien dynasty.
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C.
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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D.
Kingdom of Desmond
The Kingdom of Desmond was a medieval Gaelic Irish realm in southwestern Ireland, ruled predominantly by the MacCarthy dynasty and centered in what is now County Cork and County Kerry.
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E.
ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe
The ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe was a Gaelic Irish polity centered in what is now County Offaly, whose ruling dynasty and territory gave the modern county its name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | medieval Gaelic Irish kingdom ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Kingdom of Connacht
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Meath NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Cavan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dromahair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Norman invasion of Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
wars with the Kingdom of Connacht ⓘ wars with the Kingdom of Meath ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disestablishedAsResultOf | Tudor conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | late 16th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gaels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Kingdom of East Breifne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of West Breifne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | Gaelic monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Bréifne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | north-central Ireland ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bréifne (historic region) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Irish ⓘ |
| nativeName | Bréifne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Aedh Ua Ruairc
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cathal O'Reilly NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigernán Ua Ruairc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Gaelic Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Uí Briúin Bréifne lordship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Gaelic Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roughlyCorrespondsTo |
County Cavan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County Leitrim NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of County Fermanagh ⓘ parts of County Longford ⓘ parts of County Sligo ⓘ |
| ruledByDynasty |
O'Reilly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
O'Rourke NERFINISHED ⓘ Ó Raghallaigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Ó Ruairc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rulingHouse | Uí Briúin Bréifne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 8th century ⓘ |
| todayPartlyIn |
County Cavan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County Fermanagh NERFINISHED ⓘ County Leitrim NERFINISHED ⓘ County Longford NERFINISHED ⓘ County Sligo NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Early Modern Irish
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Middle Irish 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: Kingdom of Breifne Description of subject: The Kingdom of Breifne was a medieval Gaelic Irish kingdom in north-central Ireland, roughly encompassing modern County Cavan and parts of neighboring counties, ruled predominantly by the O'Rourke and O'Reilly dynasties.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.