Ó Briain

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Ó Briain is an Irish Gaelic surname historically associated with the descendants of Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ó Briain canonical 8
O Briain 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gaelic-language surname ⓘ
Irish surname ⓘ
anglicisedForm Brien ⓘ
Bryan ⓘ
O'Brien ⓘ
associatedWithBattle Battle of Clontarf (through Brian Boru’s descendants) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Clontarf
associatedWithClan Clan O'Brien ⓘ
linked to: O'Brien family
associatedWithDynasty Dál gCais ⓘ
associatedWithKingdom Kingdom of Munster (through Brian Boru’s descendants) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Munster
associatedWithPerson Brian Boru ⓘ
associatedWithReligion historically Roman Catholic ⓘ
associatedWithSocialClass Gaelic nobility ⓘ
associatedWithTitle High King of Ireland ⓘ
category Irish families ⓘ
Patronymic surnames ⓘ
Surnames of Irish origin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
culturalContext Irish Gaelic naming tradition ⓘ
derivedFrom Brian ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Gaelic ⓘ
etymologicalElement Brian ⓘ
Ó ⓘ
genderAssociation traditionally male-line hereditary ⓘ
hasHeraldry O'Brien coat of arms ⓘ
hasVariant Ua Briain ⓘ
historicalLanguageStage Early Modern Irish ⓘ
historicallyBorneBy descendants of Brian Boru ⓘ
historicalRegion Munster ⓘ
Thomond ⓘ
historicalStatus noble family name ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Irish ⓘ
linguisticType patronymic byname turned hereditary surname ⓘ
linkedToRoyalHouse Kings of Thomond ⓘ
meaning descendant of Brian ⓘ
notableFamily O'Brien dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Dál gCais dynasty
originalMeaningOfÓ grandson or descendant ⓘ
originatesFromGivenName Brian ⓘ
relatedSurname Mac Briain ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
timeOfOrigin medieval Ireland ⓘ
usedAs family name ⓘ
usedIn Ireland ⓘ
Irish diaspora communities ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

O'Brien → hasEtymologicalRoot → Ó Briain ⓘ
O'Brien → isAnglicisationOf → Ó Briain ⓘ
O'Brien → hasVariant → O Briain ⓘ
linked to: Ó Briain
O'Brien → hasOriginalSpelling → Ó Briain ⓘ
Dál gCais → dynasticSurname → Ó Briain ⓘ
Dara Ó Briain → familyName → Ó Briain ⓘ
O'Brien of Thomond → gaelicName → Ó Briain ⓘ