Mac Giolla Phádraig of Ossory
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Mac Giolla Phádraig of Ossory is a historic Gaelic Irish dynasty from the Kingdom of Ossory, later anglicized as the Fitzpatrick clan.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gilla Pátraic mac Donnchada | 2 |
| Mac Giolla Phádraig of Upper Ossory | 2 |
| Mac Giolla Phádraig of Ossory canonical | 1 |
| Muircheartach mac Gilla Pátraic | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9337103 — 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: Mac Giolla Phádraig of Ossory Context triple: [Fitzpatrick, hasClanAssociation, Mac Giolla Phádraig of Ossory]
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A.
Domnall Mór Ua Briain
Domnall Mór Ua Briain was a 12th-century King of Thomond and powerful Irish ruler from the O'Brien dynasty, noted for his resistance to Anglo-Norman expansion in Ireland.
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B.
Diarmait Mac Murchada
Diarmait Mac Murchada was a 12th-century King of Leinster whose appeal for Norman military aid to regain his throne helped trigger the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.
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C.
Flann Sinna
Flann Sinna was a 9th–10th century High King of Ireland from the Uí Néill dynasty, known for consolidating power and influencing the island’s early medieval politics.
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D.
Domnall Brecc
Domnall Brecc was a 7th-century king of Dál Riata in what is now western Scotland, known for his military defeats and the decline of his kingdom’s power during his reign.
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E.
Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill
Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill was a prominent 17th-century Irish Gaelic nobleman and military commander who led Confederate Irish forces during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
- 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: Mac Giolla Phádraig of Ossory Target entity description: Mac Giolla Phádraig of Ossory is a historic Gaelic Irish dynasty from the Kingdom of Ossory, later anglicized as the Fitzpatrick clan.
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A.
Domnall Mór Ua Briain
Domnall Mór Ua Briain was a 12th-century King of Thomond and powerful Irish ruler from the O'Brien dynasty, noted for his resistance to Anglo-Norman expansion in Ireland.
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B.
Diarmait Mac Murchada
Diarmait Mac Murchada was a 12th-century King of Leinster whose appeal for Norman military aid to regain his throne helped trigger the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.
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C.
Flann Sinna
Flann Sinna was a 9th–10th century High King of Ireland from the Uí Néill dynasty, known for consolidating power and influencing the island’s early medieval politics.
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D.
Domnall Brecc
Domnall Brecc was a 7th-century king of Dál Riata in what is now western Scotland, known for his military defeats and the decline of his kingdom’s power during his reign.
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E.
Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill
Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill was a prominent 17th-century Irish Gaelic nobleman and military commander who led Confederate Irish forces during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gaelic Irish dynasty
ⓘ
Irish clan ⓘ |
| associatedCastle |
Cullahill Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Ossory castles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
History of County Kilkenny
ⓘ
History of County Laois ⓘ Irish clans ⓘ Irish royal dynasties ⓘ |
| clanChiefTitle | Chief of the Name ⓘ |
| clanSystem | Gaelic clan system ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsDescription | three lions rampant in pale ⓘ |
| country |
Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ossory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eponym | Saint Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Gaels
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish people ⓘ |
| hasAnglicisedForm | Fitzpatrick clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClanName | Clann Mhic Giolla Phádraig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Fitzpatrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | Mac Giolla Phádraig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBranch | Lords of Upper Ossory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron Upper Ossory NERFINISHED ⓘ Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSurnameForm |
Fitzpatrick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kilpatrick NERFINISHED ⓘ MacGilpatrick NERFINISHED ⓘ MacIlpatrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTerritorialBase |
County Kilkenny
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County Laois NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalTitleHeld |
King of Ossory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord of Upper Ossory ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Irish language ⓘ |
| laterAllegiance |
Kingdom of Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lordship of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | son of the devotee of Patrick ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Irish language ⓘ |
| nobleFamilyType | Gaelic nobility ⓘ |
| region | Leinster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalAllegiance | Kingdom of Ossory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church 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: Mac Giolla Phádraig of Ossory Description of subject: Mac Giolla Phádraig of Ossory is a historic Gaelic Irish dynasty from the Kingdom of Ossory, later anglicized as the Fitzpatrick clan.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gilla Pátraic mac Donnchada
this entity surface form:
Mac Giolla Phádraig of Upper Ossory
this entity surface form:
Gilla Pátraic mac Donnchada
this entity surface form:
Muircheartach mac Gilla Pátraic
this entity surface form:
Mac Giolla Phádraig of Upper Ossory