Owen Roe O'Neill
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Owen Roe O'Neill was a prominent 17th-century Irish general of the O'Neill dynasty, best known for leading Gaelic Irish forces against English and Scottish armies during the Irish Confederate Wars.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Owen Roe O'Neill canonical | 16 |
| Owen Roe O’Neill | 3 |
| Owen Roe O'Neill led the Irish Confederate forces | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T445376 — 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: Owen Roe O'Neill Context triple: [Irish Confederate Wars, commander, Owen Roe O'Neill]
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A.
John W. McCormack
John W. McCormack was an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1960s.
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B.
Patrick Charles Keely
Patrick Charles Keely was a prolific 19th-century Irish-American architect renowned for designing numerous Gothic Revival Catholic churches across the United States.
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C.
John Sullivan
John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Sam Kennedy
Sam Kennedy is a Major League Baseball executive best known for serving as the president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox.
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E.
John Patrick
John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for works like "The Teahouse of the August Moon" and his contributions to mid-20th-century film and theater.
- 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: Owen Roe O'Neill Target entity description: Owen Roe O'Neill was a prominent 17th-century Irish general of the O'Neill dynasty, best known for leading Gaelic Irish forces against English and Scottish armies during the Irish Confederate Wars.
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A.
John W. McCormack
John W. McCormack was an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1960s.
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B.
Patrick Charles Keely
Patrick Charles Keely was a prolific 19th-century Irish-American architect renowned for designing numerous Gothic Revival Catholic churches across the United States.
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C.
John Sullivan
John Sullivan was an American general and political leader who played a prominent role in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Sam Kennedy
Sam Kennedy is a Major League Baseball executive best known for serving as the president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox.
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E.
John Patrick
John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for works like "The Teahouse of the August Moon" and his contributions to mid-20th-century film and theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gaelic Irish noble
ⓘ
Irish general ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Irish Catholic Confederation
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate Ireland
Irish Catholic Confederation ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Benburb
ⓘ
Battle of Clones ⓘ Battle of Portlester ⓘ |
| birthName | Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cavan Friary (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Ormondist faction within Confederate Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| diedIn | 1649 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Gaelic Irish ⓘ |
| knownFor |
reorganizing and training the Ulster Army
ⓘ
use of continental European military experience in Ireland ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| legacy |
subject of Irish folk tradition and ballads
ⓘ
symbol of Gaelic Irish resistance ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | O'Neill dynasty ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Irish Catholic Confederation
ⓘ
surface form:
Irish Confederate Army
|
| militaryConflict | Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| name | Owen Roe O'Neill self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding Gaelic Irish forces in the Irish Confederate Wars
ⓘ
victory at the Battle of Benburb ⓘ |
| opponent |
English forces in Ireland
ⓘ
Scottish Covenanter army ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish Covenanter forces in Ireland
|
| participatedIn |
Irish Confederate Wars
ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Confederate Catholic ⓘ |
| positionHeld | commander of the Ulster Army of Confederate Ireland ⓘ |
| relative | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| returnedTo |
Ireland
ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Army of Flanders
ⓘ
Spanish Army ⓘ |
| strategicFocus | Ulster campaign against Scottish and English forces ⓘ |
| supportedCause |
Gaelic Irish autonomy
ⓘ
Irish Catholic landowners ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Owen Roe O'Neill Description of subject: Owen Roe O'Neill was a prominent 17th-century Irish general of the O'Neill dynasty, best known for leading Gaelic Irish forces against English and Scottish armies during the Irish Confederate Wars.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Owen Roe O'Neill led the Irish Confederate forces
this entity surface form:
Owen Roe O’Neill
this entity surface form:
Owen Roe O’Neill
this entity surface form:
Owen Roe O’Neill