Clonmacnoise
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Clonmacnoise is an ancient monastic site in Ireland renowned for its early Christian ruins, high crosses, and historical significance as a center of religion and learning.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clonmacnoise canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5616301 — 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: Clonmacnoise Context triple: [County Offaly, hasNotableSite, Clonmacnoise]
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A.
Clonfert Monastery
Clonfert Monastery was an early medieval Irish monastic center renowned for its scholarship and missionary activity, traditionally associated with the legacy of St. Brendan the Navigator.
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B.
Colm Cille
Colm Cille, better known as Saint Columba, was a 6th-century Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in Scotland and founding the influential monastery on the island of Iona.
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C.
Doire Cholm Cille
Doire Cholm Cille is the Irish name for the city of Derry in Northern Ireland, historically associated with a monastic settlement founded by St Columba.
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D.
Iona Abbey
Iona Abbey is a historic medieval monastery on the Scottish island of Iona, renowned as one of the oldest and most important centers of Christianity in Western Europe.
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E.
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey is a well-preserved 12th-century Cistercian monastery in County Kilkenny, Ireland, renowned for its Romanesque and Gothic architecture and intricate stone carvings.
- 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: Clonmacnoise Target entity description: Clonmacnoise is an ancient monastic site in Ireland renowned for its early Christian ruins, high crosses, and historical significance as a center of religion and learning.
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A.
Clonfert Monastery
Clonfert Monastery was an early medieval Irish monastic center renowned for its scholarship and missionary activity, traditionally associated with the legacy of St. Brendan the Navigator.
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B.
Colm Cille
Colm Cille, better known as Saint Columba, was a 6th-century Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in Scotland and founding the influential monastery on the island of Iona.
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C.
Doire Cholm Cille
Doire Cholm Cille is the Irish name for the city of Derry in Northern Ireland, historically associated with a monastic settlement founded by St Columba.
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D.
Iona Abbey
Iona Abbey is a historic medieval monastery on the Scottish island of Iona, renowned as one of the oldest and most important centers of Christianity in Western Europe.
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E.
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey is a well-preserved 12th-century Cistercian monastery in County Kilkenny, Ireland, renowned for its Romanesque and Gothic architecture and intricate stone carvings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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monastic site ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
Irish chieftains
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Normans NERFINISHED ⓘ Vikings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 53.325°N 7.988°W ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | 12th century ⓘ |
| denomination | early Irish Church ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Clonmacnoise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedAs | monastery ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Diarmuid mac Cerbaill
NERFINISHED
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Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBurialsOf |
Irish kings
ⓘ
religious leaders ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Cathedral of Clonmacnoise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cross of the Scriptures NERFINISHED ⓘ North Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ South Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Ciarán NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Doolin NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Finghín NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Hurpan NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Melaghlin NERFINISHED ⓘ grave slabs ⓘ high crosses ⓘ round tower ⓘ visitor centre ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Monument of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 544 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
as a centre of religion and learning
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early Christian ruins ⓘ high crosses ⓘ manuscript production ⓘ monastic scholarship ⓘ |
| locatedIn | County Offaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Shannonbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | River Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Office of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfHighCrosses | 3 ⓘ |
| partOf | Shannon Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
High Middle Ages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| touristStatus | major heritage site in Ireland ⓘ |
| traditionalFoundationDate | 23 January 544 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clonmacnoise Description of subject: Clonmacnoise is an ancient monastic site in Ireland renowned for its early Christian ruins, high crosses, and historical significance as a center of religion and learning.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.