Ossory
E793827
Church of Ireland diocese
Roman Catholic diocese
historic diocese
historic kingdom
medieval Irish kingdom
Ossory is a historic medieval kingdom and later ecclesiastical diocese in southeastern Ireland, centered around what is now County Kilkenny.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ossory canonical | 24 |
| Lower Ossory | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9337135 — 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: Ossory Context triple: [MacGilpatrick, associatedWithRegion, Ossory]
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A.
Upper Ossory
Upper Ossory was a historic Gaelic-Irish lordship in what is now County Laois, traditionally ruled by the Mac Giolla Phádraig (Fitzpatrick) dynasty.
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B.
Costelloe
Costelloe is a surname of Irish origin, commonly regarded as a variant spelling of Costello.
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C.
Borrisoleigh
Borrisoleigh is a rural village in Ireland known for its strong hurling tradition and scenic location in the northern part of County Tipperary.
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D.
River Isbourne
River Isbourne is a small river in Gloucestershire, England, flowing through the Cotswolds and the town of Winchcombe before joining the River Avon.
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E.
Loughery
Loughery is a surname most notably associated with former American professional basketball player and coach Kevin Loughery.
- 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: Ossory Target entity description: Ossory is a historic medieval kingdom and later ecclesiastical diocese in southeastern Ireland, centered around what is now County Kilkenny.
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A.
Upper Ossory
Upper Ossory was a historic Gaelic-Irish lordship in what is now County Laois, traditionally ruled by the Mac Giolla Phádraig (Fitzpatrick) dynasty.
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B.
Costelloe
Costelloe is a surname of Irish origin, commonly regarded as a variant spelling of Costello.
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C.
Borrisoleigh
Borrisoleigh is a rural village in Ireland known for its strong hurling tradition and scenic location in the northern part of County Tipperary.
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D.
River Isbourne
River Isbourne is a small river in Gloucestershire, England, flowing through the Cotswolds and the town of Winchcombe before joining the River Avon.
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E.
Loughery
Loughery is a surname most notably associated with former American professional basketball player and coach Kevin Loughery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Church of Ireland diocese
ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ historic diocese ⓘ historic kingdom ⓘ medieval Irish kingdom ⓘ |
| absorbedInto | Kingdom of Leinster ⓘ |
| associatedMonasticSite |
Aghaboe
ⓘ
Jerpoint ⓘ Kilkenny (early ecclesiastical settlement) ⓘ
linked to:
Kilkenny
|
| associatedRiver | River Nore ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Munster (historical province)
ⓘ
linked to:
Munster
|
| capital | Kilkenny ⓘ |
| centeredOn | County Kilkenny ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| dioceseEstablished | 12th century ⓘ |
| dioceseNowPartOf |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory
ⓘ
linked to:
Diocese of Ossory
United Dioceses of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory (Church of Ireland) ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalProvince |
Province of Dublin (Church of Ireland)
ⓘ
linked to:
Province of Dublin
Province of Dublin (Roman Catholic) ⓘ |
| governedBy | Kings of Osraige ⓘ |
| hasCathedral | St Canice's Cathedral ⓘ |
| hasCathedralCity | Kilkenny ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | arms featuring a stag (associated with Osraige) ⓘ |
| hasEcclesiasticalSee | Kilkenny ⓘ |
| historicalRegionIncludes |
County Kilkenny
ⓘ
parts of County Laois ⓘ parts of County Offaly ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important frontier kingdom between Leinster and Munster ⓘ |
| kingdomFlourished | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| language |
Middle Irish
ⓘ
Old Irish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southeastern Ireland ⓘ |
| medievalLaw | Brehon law ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | derived from Old Irish Osraige ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | people of the deer ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Cerball mac Dúnlainge
ⓘ
Gilla Pátraic mac Donnchada ⓘ
linked to:
Domnall mac Gilla Pátraic
|
| partOf |
Leinster (historical province)
ⓘ
linked to:
Leinster
|
| patronSaint |
St Canice
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Canice
|
| people | Osraige ⓘ |
| preNormanPoliticalStructure | tuath-based kingdom ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Church of Ireland ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| successorEntity |
County Kilkenny
ⓘ
modern Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory ⓘ
linked to:
Diocese of Ossory
|
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: Ossory Description of subject: Ossory is a historic medieval kingdom and later ecclesiastical diocese in southeastern Ireland, centered around what is now County Kilkenny.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ossory
subject linked to:
Upper Ossory in present-day County Laois
linked to: Ossory
subject linked to:
MacPatrick