Sweeney Astray
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Sweeney Astray is Seamus Heaney’s acclaimed verse translation of the medieval Irish tale Buile Shuibhne, recounting the mad, exiled wanderings of King Sweeney.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sweeney Astray canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21124359 — 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: Sweeney Astray Context triple: [Seamus Heaney bibliography, includesTranslation, Sweeney Astray]
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A.
Sweeney Redivivus
Sweeney Redivivus is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reimagines the medieval Irish figure of Sweeney within the modern spiritual and political landscape explored in his collection Station Island.
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B.
Sweeney's Men
Sweeney's Men were an influential Irish folk group from the 1960s known for helping pioneer the Irish folk revival with innovative arrangements and instrumentation.
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C.
Sweeney
Sweeney is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in entertainment, sports, and public life.
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D.
Sweeney’s
Sweeney’s is a settlement in the Northern District of Montserrat in the Caribbean island nation of Montserrat.
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E.
The Sweeney
The Sweeney is a 1970s British television crime drama series following the tough, unorthodox methods of London’s Flying Squad police unit.
- 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: Sweeney Astray Target entity description: Sweeney Astray is Seamus Heaney’s acclaimed verse translation of the medieval Irish tale Buile Shuibhne, recounting the mad, exiled wanderings of King Sweeney.
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A.
Sweeney Redivivus
Sweeney Redivivus is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reimagines the medieval Irish figure of Sweeney within the modern spiritual and political landscape explored in his collection Station Island.
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B.
Sweeney's Men
Sweeney's Men were an influential Irish folk group from the 1960s known for helping pioneer the Irish folk revival with innovative arrangements and instrumentation.
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C.
Sweeney
Sweeney is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in entertainment, sports, and public life.
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D.
Sweeney’s
Sweeney’s is a settlement in the Northern District of Montserrat in the Caribbean island nation of Montserrat.
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E.
The Sweeney
The Sweeney is a 1970s British television crime drama series following the tough, unorthodox methods of London’s Flying Squad police unit.
- F. None of above. chosen
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