Seán Mac Diarmada
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Seán Mac Diarmada was an Irish revolutionary and key organizer of the 1916 Easter Rising who played a central role in planning the insurrection against British rule and was executed for his involvement.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seán Mac Diarmada canonical | 13 |
| Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais | 1 |
| Seán Mac Diarmada Street, Dublin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4096963 — 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: Seán Mac Diarmada Context triple: [Easter Rising, leader, Seán Mac Diarmada]
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A.
Feargus O'Connor
Feargus O'Connor was a prominent 19th-century Irish-born radical politician and journalist who became the most influential and charismatic leader of the British Chartist movement for democratic reform.
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B.
T. F. O'Rahilly
T. F. O'Rahilly was an influential Irish linguist and Celtic scholar known for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Irish language and other Celtic tongues.
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C.
Seán Mac Eoin
Seán Mac Eoin was an Irish revolutionary leader and later a senior military and political figure in the Irish Free State, renowned for his role in the War of Independence and subsequent national army service.
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D.
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir is an Irish Sinn Féin politician, businessman, and former Lord Mayor of Belfast who has also served as Northern Ireland’s Minister of Finance.
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E.
Tomás Mac Curtain
Tomás Mac Curtain was an Irish republican revolutionary and politician who served as Lord Mayor of Cork and was assassinated in 1920 during the Irish War of Independence.
- 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: Seán Mac Diarmada Target entity description: Seán Mac Diarmada was an Irish revolutionary and key organizer of the 1916 Easter Rising who played a central role in planning the insurrection against British rule and was executed for his involvement.
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A.
Feargus O'Connor
Feargus O'Connor was a prominent 19th-century Irish-born radical politician and journalist who became the most influential and charismatic leader of the British Chartist movement for democratic reform.
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B.
T. F. O'Rahilly
T. F. O'Rahilly was an influential Irish linguist and Celtic scholar known for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Irish language and other Celtic tongues.
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C.
Seán Mac Eoin
Seán Mac Eoin was an Irish revolutionary leader and later a senior military and political figure in the Irish Free State, renowned for his role in the War of Independence and subsequent national army service.
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D.
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir is an Irish Sinn Féin politician, businessman, and former Lord Mayor of Belfast who has also served as Northern Ireland’s Minister of Finance.
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E.
Tomás Mac Curtain
Tomás Mac Curtain was an Irish republican revolutionary and politician who served as Lord Mayor of Cork and was assassinated in 1920 during the Irish War of Independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish republican
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Irish revolutionary ⓘ political activist ⓘ revolutionary leader ⓘ |
| alternateName | Seán MacDermott ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Irish War of Independence (as precursor through the Rising)
ⓘ
linked to:
Irish War of Independence
|
| associatedWithPlace | Kiltyclogher, County Leitrim ⓘ |
| birthName | John MacDermott ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Arbour Hill Cemetery, Dublin
ⓘ
linked to:
Arbour Hill Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
|
| causeOfDeath | execution by firing squad ⓘ |
| coConspirator |
James Connolly
ⓘ
Joseph Plunkett ⓘ Patrick Pearse ⓘ Thomas Clarke ⓘ Thomas MacDonagh ⓘ Éamonn Ceannt ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Seán Mac Diarmada Street, Dublin
ⓘ
linked to:
Seán Mac Diarmada
monuments and memorials in County Leitrim ⓘ |
| convictedOf | rebellion against the British Crown ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1883-01-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1916-05-12 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| fullName | Seán Mac Diarmada ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
clerk
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ organizer ⓘ |
| ideology |
Irish republicanism
ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ |
| influenced | Irish independence movement ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | judicial execution ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Gaelic League
ⓘ
linked to:
Conradh na Gaeilge
Irish Republican Brotherhood ⓘ Irish Volunteers ⓘ Sinn Féin ⓘ |
| movement |
Irish nationalism
ⓘ
Irish republicanism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
key organizer of the 1916 Easter Rising
ⓘ
planning insurrection against British rule in Ireland ⓘ |
| opposedTo | British rule in Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Corranmore, near Kiltyclogher, County Leitrim, Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland
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linked to:
Kilmainham Gaol
|
| plannedEvent |
1916 Easter Rising
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linked to:
Easter Rising
|
| positionHeld |
key member of the Military Council planning the Easter Rising
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member of the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood ⓘ national organizer of the Irish Volunteers ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | principal organizer of the 1916 Easter Rising ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Seán Mac Diarmada Description of subject: Seán Mac Diarmada was an Irish revolutionary and key organizer of the 1916 Easter Rising who played a central role in planning the insurrection against British rule and was executed for his involvement.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Patrick H. Pearse (studied briefly via Royal University examinations)
linked to: Seán Mac Diarmada
linked to: Seán Mac Diarmada
subject linked to:
IRB