Kingdom of Meath
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The Kingdom of Meath was a medieval Irish kingdom centered in the central-eastern part of the island, historically significant as a seat of high kings and a major political and ecclesiastical power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kingdom of Meath canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10768796 — 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: Kingdom of Meath Context triple: [County Meath, hasHistoricRegion, Kingdom of Meath]
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A.
Kingdom of Breifne
The Kingdom of Breifne was a medieval Gaelic Irish kingdom in north-central Ireland, roughly encompassing modern County Cavan and parts of neighboring counties, ruled predominantly by the O'Rourke and O'Reilly dynasties.
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B.
Kingdom of Leinster
The Kingdom of Leinster was a historic Gaelic Irish kingdom in the southeast of Ireland that played a central role in early Irish politics and resistance to Norman invasion.
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C.
Kingdom of Connacht
The Kingdom of Connacht was a medieval Irish kingdom in the west of Ireland, centered on the province of Connacht and ruled by dynasties such as the Uí Briúin.
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D.
Kingdom of Ossory
The Kingdom of Ossory was a medieval Irish kingdom located in what is now largely County Kilkenny and parts of surrounding counties, historically ruled by the Mac Giolla Phádraig (Fitzpatrick) dynasty.
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E.
Kingdom of Munster
The Kingdom of Munster was a major medieval Irish province-kingdom in the south of Ireland, historically ruled by powerful dynasties such as the Dál gCais and associated with figures like Brian Boru.
- 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: Kingdom of Meath Target entity description: The Kingdom of Meath was a medieval Irish kingdom centered in the central-eastern part of the island, historically significant as a seat of high kings and a major political and ecclesiastical power.
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A.
Kingdom of Breifne
The Kingdom of Breifne was a medieval Gaelic Irish kingdom in north-central Ireland, roughly encompassing modern County Cavan and parts of neighboring counties, ruled predominantly by the O'Rourke and O'Reilly dynasties.
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B.
Kingdom of Leinster
The Kingdom of Leinster was a historic Gaelic Irish kingdom in the southeast of Ireland that played a central role in early Irish politics and resistance to Norman invasion.
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C.
Kingdom of Connacht
The Kingdom of Connacht was a medieval Irish kingdom in the west of Ireland, centered on the province of Connacht and ruled by dynasties such as the Uí Briúin.
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D.
Kingdom of Ossory
The Kingdom of Ossory was a medieval Irish kingdom located in what is now largely County Kilkenny and parts of surrounding counties, historically ruled by the Mac Giolla Phádraig (Fitzpatrick) dynasty.
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E.
Kingdom of Munster
The Kingdom of Munster was a major medieval Irish province-kingdom in the south of Ireland, historically ruled by powerful dynasties such as the Dál gCais and associated with figures like Brian Boru.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical polity
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medieval Irish kingdom ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
High Kingship of Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hill of Uisneach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Kingdom of Connacht
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Leinster NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Mide (in some sources considered synonymous) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Clonard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tara NERFINISHED ⓘ Trim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Clonard Abbey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hill of Tara NERFINISHED ⓘ Trim Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreTerritory |
modern County Meath
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modern County Westmeath ⓘ parts of County Dublin ⓘ parts of County Longford ⓘ parts of County Offaly ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Irish midlands ⓘ |
| diminishedBy | Norman invasion of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disestablished | 12th century ⓘ |
| followedBy |
County Meath
NERFINISHED
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County Westmeath NERFINISHED ⓘ Lordship of Meath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Gaelic Irish kings ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
major ecclesiastical power in medieval Ireland
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major political power in medieval Ireland ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
center of royal inauguration and assembly
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important ecclesiastical center in medieval Ireland ⓘ |
| language | Old Irish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Ireland ⓘ eastern Ireland ⓘ |
| nativeName | Mide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | province of Leinster ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | tuath-based kingship ⓘ |
| precededBy | Uí Néill overkingship of central Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| ruledBy |
Clann Cholmáin dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uí Néill dynasties NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seatOf | High Kings of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early Middle Ages
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high Middle Ages ⓘ |
| traditionalOverkingdomOf | Mide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Kingdom of Meath Description of subject: The Kingdom of Meath was a medieval Irish kingdom centered in the central-eastern part of the island, historically significant as a seat of high kings and a major political and ecclesiastical power.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.