Macroom, County Cork
E1023557
Macroom, County Cork is a market town in southwest Ireland known for its historic castle, scenic setting in the Lee Valley, and role as a local commercial and cultural center.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macroom, County Cork canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13132632 — 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: Macroom, County Cork Context triple: [Béal na Bláth, County Cork, Ireland, locatedNear, Macroom, County Cork]
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A.
Mallow, County Cork
Mallow, County Cork is a historic market town in southern Ireland known for its location on the River Blackwater and its role as a regional commercial and agricultural center.
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B.
Schull, County Cork
Schull, County Cork is a small coastal village and popular holiday destination in West Cork, Ireland, known for its scenic harbor, sailing, and access to nearby islands.
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C.
Croom, County Limerick, Ireland
Croom, County Limerick, Ireland, is a small town in the midwest of the country known for its historic castle, riverside setting on the River Maigue, and traditional Irish cultural heritage.
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D.
Roscommon, Ireland
Roscommon, Ireland is a town in the west of Ireland that serves as the county town and administrative center of County Roscommon.
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E.
Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
Cobh, in County Cork, Ireland, is a historic coastal town and seaport on Cork Harbour known as a major emigration point and cruise ship destination.
- 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: Macroom, County Cork Target entity description: Macroom, County Cork is a market town in southwest Ireland known for its historic castle, scenic setting in the Lee Valley, and role as a local commercial and cultural center.
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A.
Mallow, County Cork
Mallow, County Cork is a historic market town in southern Ireland known for its location on the River Blackwater and its role as a regional commercial and agricultural center.
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B.
Schull, County Cork
Schull, County Cork is a small coastal village and popular holiday destination in West Cork, Ireland, known for its scenic harbor, sailing, and access to nearby islands.
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C.
Croom, County Limerick, Ireland
Croom, County Limerick, Ireland, is a small town in the midwest of the country known for its historic castle, riverside setting on the River Maigue, and traditional Irish cultural heritage.
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D.
Roscommon, Ireland
Roscommon, Ireland is a town in the west of Ireland that serves as the county town and administrative center of County Roscommon.
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E.
Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
Cobh, in County Cork, Ireland, is a historic coastal town and seaport on Cork Harbour known as a major emigration point and cruise ship destination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingCouncil | Cork County Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
Macroom Golf Club
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
hotels ⓘ pubs ⓘ schools ⓘ shops ⓘ |
| hasCulturalEvent |
agricultural shows
ⓘ
local fairs ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agricultural services
ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
market area
ⓘ
town square ⓘ |
| hasFunction | service centre for surrounding rural area ⓘ |
| hasHistoricFeature |
castle ruins
ⓘ
old market buildings ⓘ |
| hasLandmark | Macroom Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParish | Macroom parish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalDesignation | County Cork NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding |
St Colman’s Catholic Church, Macroom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St Colman’s Church, Macroom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver | River Sullane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
local commercial centre
ⓘ
local cultural centre ⓘ market town ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
bus services to Cork
ⓘ
bus services to Killarney ⓘ regional road connections ⓘ |
| isGatewayTo |
Gaeltacht areas of Muskerry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Cork NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Cork city
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Killarney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Cork
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lee Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoad | N22 road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearRiver | River Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Macroom Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Western European Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Irish Standard Time ⓘ |
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: Macroom, County Cork Description of subject: Macroom, County Cork is a market town in southwest Ireland known for its historic castle, scenic setting in the Lee Valley, and role as a local commercial and cultural center.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.