Toirdelbach Ua Briain
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Toirdelbach Ua Briain was an 11th-century Irish king of Munster and a powerful descendant of Brian Boru who played a central role in the struggle for the high-kingship of Ireland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Toirdelbach Ua Briain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9272754 — 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: Toirdelbach Ua Briain Context triple: [Dál gCais, notableMember, Toirdelbach Ua Briain]
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A.
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair was the last High King of a united Ireland before the full establishment of Norman rule in the 12th century.
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B.
Giric mac Dúngail
Giric mac Dúngail was a 9th-century king of the Picts or early Scots, remembered as a shadowy and controversial ruler whose reign is associated with ecclesiastical reforms and possible joint kingship with Eochaid.
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C.
Áed Ua Néill
Áed Ua Néill was a medieval Irish king from the powerful Uí Néill dynasty, known for ruling parts of Ulster and participating in the complex high-kingship politics of Ireland.
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D.
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid was a 9th-century High King of Ireland renowned for his military campaigns and consolidation of power among the Irish kingdoms.
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E.
Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair
Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair was a 12th-century King of Connacht and High King of Ireland, known for his extensive military campaigns and efforts to unify the island under his rule.
- 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: Toirdelbach Ua Briain Target entity description: Toirdelbach Ua Briain was an 11th-century Irish king of Munster and a powerful descendant of Brian Boru who played a central role in the struggle for the high-kingship of Ireland.
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A.
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair was the last High King of a united Ireland before the full establishment of Norman rule in the 12th century.
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B.
Giric mac Dúngail
Giric mac Dúngail was a 9th-century king of the Picts or early Scots, remembered as a shadowy and controversial ruler whose reign is associated with ecclesiastical reforms and possible joint kingship with Eochaid.
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C.
Áed Ua Néill
Áed Ua Néill was a medieval Irish king from the powerful Uí Néill dynasty, known for ruling parts of Ulster and participating in the complex high-kingship politics of Ireland.
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D.
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid was a 9th-century High King of Ireland renowned for his military campaigns and consolidation of power among the Irish kingdoms.
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E.
Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair
Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair was a 12th-century King of Connacht and High King of Ireland, known for his extensive military campaigns and efforts to unify the island under his rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gaelic ruler
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King of Munster ⓘ Ua Briain dynasty member ⓘ medieval Irish king ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 11th century ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Killaloe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Kincora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 11th century ⓘ |
| child |
Diarmait Ua Briain
NERFINISHED
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Muirchertach Ua Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ Tadc Ua Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1009 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 14 July 1086 ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Annals of Inisfallen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Annals of Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ Annals of the Four Masters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Uí Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| familyName | Ua Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Tadc mac Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Toirdelbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Brian Boru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | O'Brien dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expanding Uí Briain power across Ireland
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rivalry with the Uí Néill for the high-kingship ⓘ use of alliances and hostages to control other Irish kingdoms ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Middle Irish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Irish ⓘ |
| participatedIn | struggle for the High Kingship of Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kincora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRole | overking of much of Ireland ⓘ |
| predecessor | Donnchad mac Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reign |
King of Munster, 1063–1086
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de facto High King of Ireland, c. 1072–1086 ⓘ |
| relative |
Donnchad mac Briain
NERFINISHED
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Murchad mac Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| residence | Kincora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledTerritory |
Limerick
NERFINISHED
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Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Derbforgaill ingen Tadhg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Muirchertach Ua Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
High King of Ireland (de facto)
NERFINISHED
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King of Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Toirdelbach Ua Briain Description of subject: Toirdelbach Ua Briain was an 11th-century Irish king of Munster and a powerful descendant of Brian Boru who played a central role in the struggle for the high-kingship of Ireland.
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