Na Sceirí
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Na Sceirí is the Irish-language name for the coastal town of Skerries in County Dublin, Ireland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Na Sceirí canonical | 1 |
| Swords, Ireland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9409638 — 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: Na Sceirí Context triple: [Skerries, IrishName, Na Sceirí]
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A.
Rí Alban
Rí Alban is the Gaelic royal title meaning "King of Alba," used for early medieval Scottish monarchs such as Malcolm I of Scotland.
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B.
An tIúr
An tIúr is the Irish name for Newry, a city in Northern Ireland near the border with the Republic of Ireland.
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C.
Eamhain Mhacha
Eamhain Mhacha is an ancient royal site and ceremonial complex in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, traditionally associated with the kings of Ulster in Irish mythology.
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D.
Setanta Ireland
Setanta Ireland was an Irish subscription sports television channel that broadcast a range of domestic and international sporting events to viewers in Ireland.
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E.
Eir
Eir is a Norse goddess associated with the Aesir, renowned as a divine healer and patron of medicine.
- 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: Na Sceirí Target entity description: Na Sceirí is the Irish-language name for the coastal town of Skerries in County Dublin, Ireland.
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A.
Rí Alban
Rí Alban is the Gaelic royal title meaning "King of Alba," used for early medieval Scottish monarchs such as Malcolm I of Scotland.
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B.
An tIúr
An tIúr is the Irish name for Newry, a city in Northern Ireland near the border with the Republic of Ireland.
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C.
Eamhain Mhacha
Eamhain Mhacha is an ancient royal site and ceremonial complex in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, traditionally associated with the kings of Ulster in Irish mythology.
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D.
Setanta Ireland
Setanta Ireland was an Irish subscription sports television channel that broadcast a range of domestic and international sporting events to viewers in Ireland.
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E.
Eir
Eir is a Norse goddess associated with the Aesir, renowned as a divine healer and patron of medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeArea | Fingal County Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coast | east coast of Ireland ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromDublin | about 30 kilometres ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Norse word for rocks or skerries ⓘ |
| formerAdministrativeArea | County Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
sailing
ⓘ
sea angling ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
beachfront promenade
ⓘ
fishing harbour ⓘ marina ⓘ |
| hasCulturalEvent |
Skerries Soundwaves Festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skerries Traditional Music Weekend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Skerries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
beaches
ⓘ
harbour ⓘ offshore islands ⓘ |
| hasHeritageSite |
Skerries Mills
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St Patrick’s Island monastic site ⓘ historic windmills ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| hasSportClub |
Skerries Harps GAA club
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skerries Rugby Football Club NERFINISHED ⓘ Skerries Town FC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransport | Skerries railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IrishNameOf | Skerries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Irish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Dublin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greater Dublin Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Leinster ⓘ province of Leinster ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Dublin city NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Irish Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | the skerries / the rocky islets ⓘ |
| nearIsland |
Colt Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shenick Island NERFINISHED ⓘ St Patrick’s Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Fingal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalArea | Skerries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayLine | Dublin–Belfast line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Western European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Irish Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Na Sceirí Description of subject: Na Sceirí is the Irish-language name for the coastal town of Skerries in County Dublin, Ireland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Swords, Ireland