Cennétig mac Lorcáin
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Cennétig mac Lorcáin was a 10th-century Irish king of Thomond and patriarch of the Dál gCais dynasty, best known as the father of the High King Brian Boru.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cennétig mac Lorcáin canonical | 2 |
| Brian mac Cennétig | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9272753 — 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: Cennétig mac Lorcáin Context triple: [Dál gCais, notableMember, Cennétig mac Lorcáin]
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A.
Causantín mac Fergusa
Causantín mac Fergusa was an early 9th-century king of the Picts whose reign marked a significant stage in the formation of the medieval kingdom that would become Scotland.
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B.
Idulb mac Causantín
Idulb mac Causantín was a 10th-century King of Alba (Scotland), remembered as an early ruler of the emerging Scottish kingdom and a member of the House of Alpin.
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C.
Conchobar mac Nessa
Conchobar mac Nessa is a legendary king of Ulster in Irish mythology, best known as the ruler during the exploits of the hero Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle.
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D.
Niall of the Nine Hostages
Niall of the Nine Hostages is a legendary High King of Ireland, traditionally regarded as the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties and a key figure in early Irish history and myth.
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E.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
- 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: Cennétig mac Lorcáin Target entity description: Cennétig mac Lorcáin was a 10th-century Irish king of Thomond and patriarch of the Dál gCais dynasty, best known as the father of the High King Brian Boru.
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A.
Causantín mac Fergusa
Causantín mac Fergusa was an early 9th-century king of the Picts whose reign marked a significant stage in the formation of the medieval kingdom that would become Scotland.
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B.
Idulb mac Causantín
Idulb mac Causantín was a 10th-century King of Alba (Scotland), remembered as an early ruler of the emerging Scottish kingdom and a member of the House of Alpin.
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C.
Conchobar mac Nessa
Conchobar mac Nessa is a legendary king of Ulster in Irish mythology, best known as the ruler during the exploits of the hero Cú Chulainn in the Ulster Cycle.
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D.
Niall of the Nine Hostages
Niall of the Nine Hostages is a legendary High King of Ireland, traditionally regarded as the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties and a key figure in early Irish history and myth.
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E.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
10th-century Irish person
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human ⓘ medieval Irish king ⓘ |
| child |
Aed mac Cennétig
NERFINISHED
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Brian Boru NERFINISHED ⓘ Donnubán mac Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ Echthigern mac Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ Mathgamain mac Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchad mac Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadb ingen Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ Óengus mac Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| dynasty | Dál gCais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gaels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Aed mac Cennétig
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brian Boru NERFINISHED ⓘ Donnubán mac Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ Echthigern mac Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ Mathgamain mac Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchad mac Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadb ingen Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ Óengus mac Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| heritage | Irish ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being father of High King Brian Boru
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patriarch of the Dál gCais dynasty ⓘ |
| memberOf | Dál gCais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old Irish ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Uí Briain dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | establishment of Dál gCais power in Thomond ⓘ |
| occupation | king ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Munster
ⓘ
history of Thomond ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Thomond
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ruler of Dál gCais ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Thomond
NERFINISHED
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north Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Brian Boru
NERFINISHED
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Mathgamain mac Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadb ingen Cennétig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| saidToBeTheSameAs | Cennétig mac Lorcáin, king of Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 10th century ⓘ |
| title | King of Thomond ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Cennétig mac Lorcáin Description of subject: Cennétig mac Lorcáin was a 10th-century Irish king of Thomond and patriarch of the Dál gCais dynasty, best known as the father of the High King Brian Boru.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Brian mac Cennétig