Béal na Bláth, County Cork, Ireland
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Béal na Bláth in County Cork, Ireland, is a rural crossroads historically renowned as the site where Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins was killed during the Irish Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Béal na Bláth, County Cork, Ireland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2931569 — 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: Béal na Bláth, County Cork, Ireland Context triple: [Michael Collins, placeOfDeath, Béal na Bláth, County Cork, Ireland]
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A.
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland is a coastal town just south of Dublin known as a popular seaside resort and commuter town.
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B.
Douglas, County Cork, Ireland
Douglas, County Cork, Ireland is a suburban town on the outskirts of Cork City, known as a residential and commercial area and as the birthplace of actor Cillian Murphy.
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C.
Ballintemple, County Cork, Ireland
Ballintemple is a suburban area of Cork City in County Cork, Ireland, historically notable as the place where mathematician and logician George Boole died.
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D.
Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland
Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland is a suburban area of Cork city known for its historic castle, riverside setting along the River Lee, and role as a residential and educational hub.
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E.
Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland is a suburban residential area on the western edge of Dublin known for its affluent neighborhoods and proximity to Phoenix Park.
- 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: Béal na Bláth, County Cork, Ireland Target entity description: Béal na Bláth in County Cork, Ireland, is a rural crossroads historically renowned as the site where Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins was killed during the Irish Civil War.
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A.
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland is a coastal town just south of Dublin known as a popular seaside resort and commuter town.
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B.
Douglas, County Cork, Ireland
Douglas, County Cork, Ireland is a suburban town on the outskirts of Cork City, known as a residential and commercial area and as the birthplace of actor Cillian Murphy.
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C.
Ballintemple, County Cork, Ireland
Ballintemple is a suburban area of Cork City in County Cork, Ireland, historically notable as the place where mathematician and logician George Boole died.
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D.
Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland
Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland is a suburban area of Cork city known for its historic castle, riverside setting along the River Lee, and role as a residential and educational hub.
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E.
Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland is a suburban residential area on the western edge of Dublin known for its affluent neighborhoods and proximity to Phoenix Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
rural crossroads ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Michael Collins
ⓘ
National Army of the Irish Free State ⓘ
surface form:
National Army (Irish Free State forces)
anti-Treaty IRA ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | annual Michael Collins commemoration ceremony ⓘ |
| commemorationMonth | August ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| eventDate | 22 August 1922 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Cork County Council ⓘ |
| hasIrishName | Béal na Blá ⓘ |
| hasLandscape |
hedgerow-lined roads
ⓘ
rolling farmland ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Michael Collins memorial at Béal na Bláth ⓘ |
| hasMonument | stone cross marking the place associated with Michael Collins’s death ⓘ |
| hasPlaque | memorial plaque marking the site of the ambush ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Irish Civil War ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ambush during the Irish Civil War
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site of the death of Michael Collins ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Cork
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province of Munster ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Crookstown, County Cork
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Macroom, County Cork ⓘ |
| locatedOn | R585 road ⓘ |
| memorialUnveilingEra | 20th century ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | mouth of the blossom ⓘ |
| partOf | rural area of mid County Cork ⓘ |
| timeZone | Western European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Irish Standard Time ⓘ |
| transportRole | junction of local roads in County Cork ⓘ |
| visitedFor | Irish historical tourism ⓘ |
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: Béal na Bláth, County Cork, Ireland Description of subject: Béal na Bláth in County Cork, Ireland, is a rural crossroads historically renowned as the site where Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins was killed during the Irish Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.