Eircode system
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The Eircode system is Ireland’s national postcode system, assigning unique seven-character codes to individual addresses to improve mail delivery and location services.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eircode | 1 |
| Eircode Address Database | 1 |
| Eircode system canonical | 1 |
| Irish national postcode system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4096928 — 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: Eircode system Context triple: [An Post, uses, Eircode system]
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A.
Irish grid reference system
The Irish grid reference system is a national coordinate framework used to map and locate positions across the island of Ireland with standardized alphanumeric grid references.
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B.
United Kingdom postcode system
The United Kingdom postcode system is a hierarchical alphanumeric addressing scheme used across the UK to identify specific geographic areas, streets, and individual delivery points for efficient mail sorting and delivery.
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C.
An Post
An Post is Ireland’s state-owned postal service provider, responsible for nationwide mail delivery, post offices, and related financial and communication services.
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D.
Dublin Regulation
The Dublin Regulation is an EU law that determines which member state is responsible for examining an asylum application lodged within the European Union.
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E.
British National Grid
The British National Grid is the Ordnance Survey’s coordinate reference system used to map and locate positions across Great Britain with high precision.
- 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: Eircode system Target entity description: The Eircode system is Ireland’s national postcode system, assigning unique seven-character codes to individual addresses to improve mail delivery and location services.
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A.
Irish grid reference system
The Irish grid reference system is a national coordinate framework used to map and locate positions across the island of Ireland with standardized alphanumeric grid references.
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B.
United Kingdom postcode system
The United Kingdom postcode system is a hierarchical alphanumeric addressing scheme used across the UK to identify specific geographic areas, streets, and individual delivery points for efficient mail sorting and delivery.
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C.
An Post
An Post is Ireland’s state-owned postal service provider, responsible for nationwide mail delivery, post offices, and related financial and communication services.
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D.
Dublin Regulation
The Dublin Regulation is an EU law that determines which member state is responsible for examining an asylum application lodged within the European Union.
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E.
British National Grid
The British National Grid is the Ordnance Survey’s coordinate reference system used to map and locate positions across Great Britain with high precision.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national addressing system
ⓘ
postcode system ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Eircode ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Republic of Ireland ⓘ |
| assignsTo |
individual addresses
ⓘ
letterboxes ⓘ |
| availableVia |
API services
ⓘ
online Eircode finder ⓘ |
| characterSet | letters and digits ⓘ |
| codeLength | 7 characters ⓘ |
| codeStructure | three-character routing key followed by four-character unique identifier ⓘ |
| controversy |
criticised for cost of implementation
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criticised for design not being fully open ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| covers |
business addresses
ⓘ
many non-postal delivery points ⓘ public buildings ⓘ residential addresses ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
Eircode system
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eircode Address Database
Eircode ⓘ
surface form:
Eircode Address File
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| designFeature |
allows identification of individual apartments within a building
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routing key broadly indicates a postal district or area ⓘ supports geocoding to latitude and longitude ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
codes are fixed to addresses
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codes are not sequential by geography ⓘ does not encode townland or county in a human-readable way ⓘ each address has a unique code ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Government of Ireland ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 2015-07-13 ⓘ |
| operator | Capita Business Support Services Ireland ⓘ |
| policyContext | introduced after Ireland previously lacked a national postcode system ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitate address verification
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improve location services ⓘ improve mail delivery ⓘ support emergency services location ⓘ support logistics and delivery routing ⓘ |
| regionCodePrefix |
D for many Dublin routing keys
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H for many west and northwest routing keys ⓘ V for many south and southeast routing keys ⓘ |
| regulator |
Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)
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surface form:
Commission for Communications Regulation
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| routingKeyLength | 3 characters ⓘ |
| standardFormatExample | A65 F4E2 ⓘ |
| uniqueIdentifierLength | 4 characters ⓘ |
| usedBy |
An Post
NERFINISHED
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courier companies ⓘ emergency services ⓘ satellite navigation providers ⓘ utility companies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eircode system Description of subject: The Eircode system is Ireland’s national postcode system, assigning unique seven-character codes to individual addresses to improve mail delivery and location services.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
T12
this entity surface form:
Eircode
subject surface form:
T12
this entity surface form:
Irish national postcode system
this entity surface form:
Eircode Address Database