Irish Hunger Memorial
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The Irish Hunger Memorial is a New York City monument that commemorates the Great Irish Famine and honors the resilience and migration of the Irish people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Irish Hunger Memorial canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4655740 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irish Hunger Memorial Context triple: [Battery Park City, hasCulturalInstitution, Irish Hunger Memorial]
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A.
National Famine Memorial (Murrisk, County Mayo)
The National Famine Memorial in Murrisk, County Mayo is a striking bronze sculpture by artist John Behan that honors the victims and emigrants of Ireland’s Great Famine.
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B.
Parnell Monument
The Parnell Monument is a prominent Dublin landmark honoring Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell, located at the northern end of O’Connell Street.
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C.
Omagh Memorial Garden
Omagh Memorial Garden is a commemorative site in Omagh, Northern Ireland, dedicated to honoring the victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing and providing a place for reflection and remembrance.
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D.
O’Connell Monument
The O’Connell Monument is a prominent 19th-century statue in Dublin commemorating Daniel O’Connell, a key Irish political leader known as “The Liberator.”
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E.
Kilmainham Gaol
Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison in Dublin, Ireland, now a museum, renowned for its role in Irish revolutionary history and the incarceration of many leaders of the independence movement.
- 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: Irish Hunger Memorial Target entity description: The Irish Hunger Memorial is a New York City monument that commemorates the Great Irish Famine and honors the resilience and migration of the Irish people.
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A.
National Famine Memorial (Murrisk, County Mayo)
The National Famine Memorial in Murrisk, County Mayo is a striking bronze sculpture by artist John Behan that honors the victims and emigrants of Ireland’s Great Famine.
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B.
Parnell Monument
The Parnell Monument is a prominent Dublin landmark honoring Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell, located at the northern end of O’Connell Street.
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C.
Omagh Memorial Garden
Omagh Memorial Garden is a commemorative site in Omagh, Northern Ireland, dedicated to honoring the victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing and providing a place for reflection and remembrance.
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D.
O’Connell Monument
The O’Connell Monument is a prominent 19th-century statue in Dublin commemorating Daniel O’Connell, a key Irish political leader known as “The Liberator.”
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E.
Kilmainham Gaol
Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison in Dublin, Ireland, now a museum, renowned for its role in Irish revolutionary history and the incarceration of many leaders of the independence movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
memorial
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monument ⓘ public artwork ⓘ |
| area | approximately 0.5 acre ⓘ |
| category |
Great Famine (Ireland) memorials
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Irish-American history ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Manhattan ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Great Irish Famine
NERFINISHED
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Irish migration ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dedicatedTo |
Irish immigrants
ⓘ
victims of the Great Irish Famine ⓘ |
| designer | Brian Tolle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
dry stone walls
ⓘ
elevated landscape ⓘ field of native Irish plants ⓘ illuminated text bands ⓘ recreated Irish rural landscape ⓘ stone cottage ⓘ textual quotations ⓘ views of the Hudson River ⓘ views of the Statue of Liberty ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| heritage | Irish-American culture in New York City ⓘ |
| honors | resilience of the Irish people ⓘ |
| inception | 2002 ⓘ |
| landscapeArchitect |
360 Architecture
NERFINISHED
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Teresita Fernández NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Battery Park City
NERFINISHED
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Hudson River waterfront NERFINISHED ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
soil from each of Ireland’s 32 counties
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stone ⓘ |
| near |
One World Trade Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Financial Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | July 16, 2002 ⓘ |
| operator | Battery Park City Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Battery Park City Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to commemorate Irish suffering and resilience during the famine
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to raise awareness of historical and contemporary hunger ⓘ |
| theme |
Great Irish Famine of 1845–1852
NERFINISHED
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Irish diaspora ⓘ displacement ⓘ hunger ⓘ migration ⓘ |
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Subject: Irish Hunger Memorial Description of subject: The Irish Hunger Memorial is a New York City monument that commemorates the Great Irish Famine and honors the resilience and migration of the Irish people.
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