Lord Lieutenant of County Clare
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The Lord Lieutenant of County Clare was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Clare, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and administration until the early 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord Lieutenant of County Clare canonical | 1 |
| Lord Lieutenant of the County of Clare | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9271611 — 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: Lord Lieutenant of County Clare Context triple: [James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon, positionHeld, Lord Lieutenant of County Clare]
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Lord Lieutenant of County Louth
The Lord Lieutenant of County Louth was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Louth, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and magistracy.
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B.
Lord Lieutenant of County Limerick
The Lord Lieutenant of County Limerick was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Limerick, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and civic functions.
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C.
Lord Lieutenant of County Westmeath
The Lord Lieutenant of County Westmeath was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Westmeath, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and civic functions.
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D.
Lord Lieutenant of County Kilkenny
The Lord Lieutenant of County Kilkenny was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Kilkenny, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and administration.
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Lord Lieutenant of County Laois
The Lord Lieutenant of County Laois was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Laois, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and magistracy before the office was abolished.
- 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: Lord Lieutenant of County Clare Target entity description: The Lord Lieutenant of County Clare was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Clare, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and administration until the early 20th century.
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A.
Lord Lieutenant of County Louth
The Lord Lieutenant of County Louth was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Louth, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and magistracy.
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B.
Lord Lieutenant of County Limerick
The Lord Lieutenant of County Limerick was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Limerick, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and civic functions.
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C.
Lord Lieutenant of County Westmeath
The Lord Lieutenant of County Westmeath was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Westmeath, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and civic functions.
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D.
Lord Lieutenant of County Kilkenny
The Lord Lieutenant of County Kilkenny was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Kilkenny, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and administration.
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E.
Lord Lieutenant of County Laois
The Lord Lieutenant of County Laois was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Laois, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and magistracy before the office was abolished.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ceremonial office
ⓘ
county lieutenancy ⓘ representative of the British monarch ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | County Clare ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritorialUnit | historic County Clare ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
British monarch
ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Irish local government reforms ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dissolved | early 20th century ⓘ |
| domain | civil-military affairs at county level ⓘ |
| endCause | establishment of the Irish Free State ⓘ |
| governsThrough | local magistrates ⓘ |
| hasCeremonialRole |
participate in official visits and celebrations
ⓘ
represent the Crown at local events ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
exercise limited oversight of county administration
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oversee the county militia ⓘ perform local ceremonial duties ⓘ represent the British monarch in County Clare ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
civil administration in County Clare
ⓘ
local militia in County Clare ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Lord Lieutenant of the County of Clare
ⓘ
linked to:
Lord Lieutenant of County Clare
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| historicalPeriod |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| inception | 19th century ⓘ |
| isATypeOf | Lord Lieutenant in Ireland ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | County Clare ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Ireland ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Province of Munster ⓘ |
| officeCreatedUnder | British administration in Ireland ⓘ |
| officeHolderOf | British monarch ⓘ |
| officeScope | county level ⓘ |
| partOf | Lord Lieutenancies in Ireland ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Irish local governmental offices after independence ⓘ |
| replaces | Custos Rotulorum of Clare ⓘ |
| residence | County Clare ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | appointment, not election ⓘ |
| status | defunct office ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ⓘ |
| symbolizes | royal authority in County Clare ⓘ |
| usedIn | British administration of Ireland ⓘ |
| usedToBeSameAs | Custos Rotulorum of Clare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Lord Lieutenant of County Clare Description of subject: The Lord Lieutenant of County Clare was the British monarch’s chief representative in County Clare, Ireland, responsible for local ceremonial duties and oversight of the county’s militia and administration until the early 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lord Lieutenant of County Clare