Father Peter Clifford
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Father Peter Clifford is the central Catholic priest protagonist in the British-Irish television drama series "Ballykissangel," known for his compassionate nature and struggles to adapt to life in a small Irish village.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Father Peter Clifford canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13109183 — 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: Father Peter Clifford Context triple: [Ballykissangel, mainCharacter, Father Peter Clifford]
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A.
Father Andrew
Father Andrew is a kindly priest and mentor figure in Mark Twain's novel "The Prince and the Pauper," offering guidance and education to the pauper boy Tom Canty.
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B.
Father Philip
Father Philip is a character in the Gothic melodrama "The Castle Spectre," serving as a pious cleric entangled in the play’s dark secrets and supernatural intrigues.
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C.
Father Michael Logan
Father Michael Logan is the tormented Catholic priest protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock’s film "I Confess," bound by the secrecy of the confessional even as he is suspected of murder.
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D.
Father Philip Lamont
Father Philip Lamont is a troubled Catholic priest and exorcist who investigates the mysterious legacy of Father Merrin and Regan MacNeil in the horror film "Exorcist II: The Heretic."
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E.
Father Paul
Father Paul is a Catholic priest in Leslie Marmon Silko’s short story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds," whose interactions with a Native American family highlight tensions and compromises between Christian and Indigenous spiritual traditions.
- 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: Father Peter Clifford Target entity description: Father Peter Clifford is the central Catholic priest protagonist in the British-Irish television drama series "Ballykissangel," known for his compassionate nature and struggles to adapt to life in a small Irish village.
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A.
Father Andrew
Father Andrew is a kindly priest and mentor figure in Mark Twain's novel "The Prince and the Pauper," offering guidance and education to the pauper boy Tom Canty.
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B.
Father Philip
Father Philip is a character in the Gothic melodrama "The Castle Spectre," serving as a pious cleric entangled in the play’s dark secrets and supernatural intrigues.
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C.
Father Michael Logan
Father Michael Logan is the tormented Catholic priest protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock’s film "I Confess," bound by the secrecy of the confessional even as he is suspected of murder.
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D.
Father Philip Lamont
Father Philip Lamont is a troubled Catholic priest and exorcist who investigates the mysterious legacy of Father Merrin and Regan MacNeil in the horror film "Exorcist II: The Heretic."
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E.
Father Paul
Father Paul is a Catholic priest in Leslie Marmon Silko’s short story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds," whose interactions with a Native American family highlight tensions and compromises between Christian and Indigenous spiritual traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ballykissangel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
community
ⓘ
culture clash ⓘ faith ⓘ romantic tension ⓘ |
| broadcastCountryOfWork |
Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compassionate
ⓘ
empathetic ⓘ idealistic ⓘ |
| clergyRank | parish priest ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Kieran Prendiville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | alive during the events of the series ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Ballykissangel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Ballykissangel, series 1 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | television drama ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Assumpta Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | Catholic priest ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Stephen Tompkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInStory |
central character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Ballykissangel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County Wicklow NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleIn | Ballykissangel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfCharacter | fictional village of Ballykissangel ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage | English ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
adapting to rural Irish village life
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balancing personal feelings and priestly duties ⓘ cultural differences between England and Ireland ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | late 20th century ⓘ |
| worksAt | St. Joseph’s Church, Ballykissangel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Father Peter Clifford Description of subject: Father Peter Clifford is the central Catholic priest protagonist in the British-Irish television drama series "Ballykissangel," known for his compassionate nature and struggles to adapt to life in a small Irish village.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.