The Wexford Carol
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The Wexford Carol is a traditional Irish Christmas carol, dating back to at least the 12th century, known for its serene melody and narrative of the Nativity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Wexford Carol canonical | 2 |
| Enniscorthy Carol | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1525105 — 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: The Wexford Carol Context triple: [Songs of Joy & Peace, includesTrack, The Wexford Carol]
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A.
O Gladsome Light (Phos Hilaron)
O Gladsome Light (Phos Hilaron) is an ancient Christian evening hymn, traditionally sung at Vespers to honor Christ as the Light of the world.
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B.
Cherubic Hymn
The Cherubic Hymn is a solemn liturgical chant in the Eastern Orthodox Church that accompanies the Great Entrance, calling worshippers to mystically represent the cherubim as the Eucharistic gifts are brought to the altar.
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C.
Exsultet
Exsultet is an ancient and solemn hymn of praise sung during the Easter Vigil liturgy, proclaiming the joy of Christ’s Resurrection and the blessings of the Paschal candle.
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D.
The Angelus
The Angelus is a famous 19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet depicting two peasants pausing in a field for evening prayer, emblematic of rural piety and realism.
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E.
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a traditional Christian Christmas service, renowned worldwide for its choral music and Bible readings that tell the story of the Nativity.
- 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: The Wexford Carol Target entity description: The Wexford Carol is a traditional Irish Christmas carol, dating back to at least the 12th century, known for its serene melody and narrative of the Nativity.
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A.
O Gladsome Light (Phos Hilaron)
O Gladsome Light (Phos Hilaron) is an ancient Christian evening hymn, traditionally sung at Vespers to honor Christ as the Light of the world.
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B.
Cherubic Hymn
The Cherubic Hymn is a solemn liturgical chant in the Eastern Orthodox Church that accompanies the Great Entrance, calling worshippers to mystically represent the cherubim as the Eucharistic gifts are brought to the altar.
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C.
Exsultet
Exsultet is an ancient and solemn hymn of praise sung during the Easter Vigil liturgy, proclaiming the joy of Christ’s Resurrection and the blessings of the Paschal candle.
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D.
The Angelus
The Angelus is a famous 19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet depicting two peasants pausing in a field for evening prayer, emblematic of rural piety and realism.
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E.
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a traditional Christian Christmas service, renowned worldwide for its choral music and Bible readings that tell the story of the Nativity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christmas carol
ⓘ
Irish folk song ⓘ traditional song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Wexford Carol
ⓘ
surface form:
Enniscorthy Carol
Good people all, this Christmas time ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfOrigin | 12th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | County Wexford Christmas traditions ⓘ |
| collectedBy | William Grattan Flood ⓘ |
| collectionDate | early 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important part of Irish Christmas repertoire
ⓘ
one of the oldest known Irish Christmas carols ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Oxford Book of Carols ⓘ |
| genre |
Christmas carol
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingBy |
Alison Krauss
ⓘ
Choirs and church ensembles worldwide ⓘ Loreena McKennitt ⓘ The Chieftains ⓘ Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeason | Christmas ⓘ |
| meter | triple meter ⓘ |
| musicalCharacter |
lyrical melody
ⓘ
modal harmony ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
Nativity of Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Nativity of Jesus
|
| performanceContext |
Christmas church services
ⓘ
Christmas concerts ⓘ carol singing ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
County Wexford
ⓘ
Enniscorthy ⓘ |
| region | Leinster ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| subject |
adoration of the Christ child
ⓘ
birth of Jesus Christ ⓘ praise and thanksgiving ⓘ visit of the shepherds ⓘ |
| textOpeningLine | Good people all, this Christmas time ⓘ |
| title | The Wexford Carol self-link ⓘ |
| tone |
reverent
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serene ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
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Subject: The Wexford Carol Description of subject: The Wexford Carol is a traditional Irish Christmas carol, dating back to at least the 12th century, known for its serene melody and narrative of the Nativity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Songs of Joy & Peace
this entity surface form:
Enniscorthy Carol