Tigernach mac Gilla Pátraic
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Tigernach mac Gilla Pátraic was an 11th-century Irish king of Osraige from the Dál Birn dynasty, noted for his role in the turbulent politics of medieval Leinster and Munster.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tigernach mac Gilla Pátraic canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9337395 — 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: Tigernach mac Gilla Pátraic Context triple: [Dál Birn, hasNotableMember, Tigernach mac Gilla Pátraic]
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A.
Mac Giolla Phádraig of Ossory
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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B.
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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C.
Dúngal mac Fergaile
Dúngal mac Fergaile was a 9th-century Irish king of Osraige from the Dál Birn dynasty, noted as the father of the powerful ruler Cerball mac Dúnlainge.
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D.
Cerball mac Dúnlainge
Cerball mac Dúnlainge was a powerful 9th-century Irish king renowned for his military prowess and complex alliances with both Viking forces and neighboring Irish kingdoms.
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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: Tigernach mac Gilla Pátraic Target entity description: Tigernach mac Gilla Pátraic was an 11th-century Irish king of Osraige from the Dál Birn dynasty, noted for his role in the turbulent politics of medieval Leinster and Munster.
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A.
Mac Giolla Phádraig of Ossory
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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B.
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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C.
Dúngal mac Fergaile
Dúngal mac Fergaile was a 9th-century Irish king of Osraige from the Dál Birn dynasty, noted as the father of the powerful ruler Cerball mac Dúnlainge.
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D.
Cerball mac Dúnlainge
Cerball mac Dúnlainge was a powerful 9th-century Irish king renowned for his military prowess and complex alliances with both Viking forces and neighboring Irish kingdoms.
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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 (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
medieval Irish king ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Irish dynastic politics
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kingdom of Osraige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| culture | Gaelic Ireland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| governs | territory of Osraige ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Tigernach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPatronymic | mac Gilla Pátraic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Old Irish ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | Dál Birn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in turbulent politics of medieval Leinster
ⓘ
role in turbulent politics of medieval Munster ⓘ |
| partOf | medieval Irish nobility ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Osraige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Osraige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Leinster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousBranch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 11th century ⓘ |
| title |
King
ⓘ
Rí Osraige ⓘ |
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: Tigernach mac Gilla Pátraic Description of subject: Tigernach mac Gilla Pátraic was an 11th-century Irish king of Osraige from the Dál Birn dynasty, noted for his role in the turbulent politics of medieval Leinster and Munster.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.