Westport, County Mayo
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Westport, County Mayo is a picturesque coastal town in western Ireland known for its Georgian architecture, tourism, and proximity to Croagh Patrick.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Westport, County Mayo canonical | 6 |
| Westport, County Mayo, Ireland | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8355804 — 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: Westport, County Mayo Context triple: [Murrisk Abbey, hasNearbySettlement, Westport, County Mayo]
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A.
County Mayo
County Mayo is a large, predominantly rural county on Ireland’s west coast, known for its rugged Atlantic coastline, Croagh Patrick mountain, and rich Gaelic cultural heritage.
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B.
Murrisk, County Mayo
Murrisk, County Mayo is a coastal village in western Ireland near Croagh Patrick, known as a starting point for pilgrimages and for its association with the Great Famine.
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C.
Killaloe, County Clare
Killaloe, County Clare is a historic town in western Ireland on the River Shannon, known as the birthplace and former capital of High King Brian Boru.
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D.
Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland
Tourmakeady in County Mayo, Ireland, is a rural Gaeltacht village and scenic lakeside area on the shores of Lough Mask in the west of the country.
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E.
County Galway
County Galway is a large county on Ireland’s west coast, known for its rugged Atlantic coastline, the cultural city of Galway, and the scenic landscapes of Connemara.
- 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: Westport, County Mayo Target entity description: Westport, County Mayo is a picturesque coastal town in western Ireland known for its Georgian architecture, tourism, and proximity to Croagh Patrick.
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A.
County Mayo
County Mayo is a large, predominantly rural county on Ireland’s west coast, known for its rugged Atlantic coastline, Croagh Patrick mountain, and rich Gaelic cultural heritage.
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B.
Murrisk, County Mayo
Murrisk, County Mayo is a coastal village in western Ireland near Croagh Patrick, known as a starting point for pilgrimages and for its association with the Great Famine.
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C.
Killaloe, County Clare
Killaloe, County Clare is a historic town in western Ireland on the River Shannon, known as the birthplace and former capital of High King Brian Boru.
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D.
Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland
Tourmakeady in County Mayo, Ireland, is a rural Gaeltacht village and scenic lakeside area on the shores of Lough Mask in the west of the country.
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E.
County Galway
County Galway is a large county on Ireland’s west coast, known for its rugged Atlantic coastline, the cultural city of Galway, and the scenic landscapes of Connemara.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | Mayo County Council area ⓘ |
| climate | temperate oceanic climate ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
N5 road
ⓘ
R335 road ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| governedBy | Mayo County Council ⓘ |
| hasCulturalActivity |
festivals
ⓘ
outdoor events ⓘ traditional Irish music ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
harbour area
ⓘ
stone bridges ⓘ town square ⓘ tree-lined streets ⓘ |
| hasGeographicFeature | Carrowbeg River ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
St Mary’s Church
ⓘ
The Mall (tree-lined promenade) ⓘ
linked to:
The Mall
Westport House ⓘ Westport Quay ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| hasPostalTown | Westport ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
angling
ⓘ
cycling ⓘ sailing ⓘ walking and hiking ⓘ |
| hasTransport | railway station ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Georgian architecture
ⓘ
picturesque setting ⓘ planned town layout ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Connacht
ⓘ
County Mayo ⓘ western Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
Western Ireland
|
| locatedOn | west coast of Ireland ⓘ |
| near |
Clew Bay
ⓘ
Croagh Patrick ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
hospitality sector
ⓘ
retail services ⓘ tourism industry ⓘ |
| regionType | tourist town ⓘ |
| servesAs |
base for exploring Clew Bay
ⓘ
gateway to Croagh Patrick ⓘ |
| tourismAttractionType |
heritage tourism
ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ religious pilgrimage base ⓘ |
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: Westport, County Mayo Description of subject: Westport, County Mayo is a picturesque coastal town in western Ireland known for its Georgian architecture, tourism, and proximity to Croagh Patrick.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Westport, County Mayo
linked to: Westport, County Mayo
subject linked to:
Newport
linked to: Westport, County Mayo