Kilbeggan
E541699
Kilbeggan is a small Irish town best known for its historic whiskey distillery, one of the oldest licensed distilleries in the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kilbeggan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5574534 — 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: Kilbeggan Context triple: [County Westmeath, hasSettlement, Kilbeggan]
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A.
Blessington
Blessington is a small town in County Wicklow, Ireland, known for its proximity to the Blessington Lakes and scenic views of the surrounding Wicklow Mountains.
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B.
Bellaghy
Bellaghy is a small village in Northern Ireland best known as the home of Nobel Prize–winning poet Seamus Heaney.
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C.
Donabate
Donabate is a coastal town in north County Dublin, Ireland, known for its beaches, golf courses, and commuter links to Dublin city.
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D.
Fermoy
Fermoy is a market town on the River Blackwater in southern Ireland known historically as a garrison town and regional commercial center.
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E.
Cashel
Cashel is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland that was once represented in the British Parliament by statesman Sir Robert Peel.
- 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: Kilbeggan Target entity description: Kilbeggan is a small Irish town best known for its historic whiskey distillery, one of the oldest licensed distilleries in the world.
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A.
Blessington
Blessington is a small town in County Wicklow, Ireland, known for its proximity to the Blessington Lakes and scenic views of the surrounding Wicklow Mountains.
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B.
Bellaghy
Bellaghy is a small village in Northern Ireland best known as the home of Nobel Prize–winning poet Seamus Heaney.
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C.
Donabate
Donabate is a coastal town in north County Dublin, Ireland, known for its beaches, golf courses, and commuter links to Dublin city.
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D.
Fermoy
Fermoy is a market town on the River Blackwater in southern Ireland known historically as a garrison town and regional commercial center.
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E.
Cashel
Cashel is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland that was once represented in the British Parliament by statesman Sir Robert Peel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision | Kilbeggan civil parish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceToAthlone | approximately 30 kilometres east ⓘ |
| distanceToDublin | approximately 90 kilometres west ⓘ |
| distilleryFounded | 18th century ⓘ |
| distilleryLicenseStatus | one of the oldest licensed distilleries in the world ⓘ |
| governingCouncil | Westmeath County Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDistillery | Kilbeggan Distillery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
food and drink industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasEvent | horse racing meetings at Kilbeggan Racecourse ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
industrial heritage
ⓘ
whiskey heritage ⓘ |
| hasHistoricBuilding | Kilbeggan Distillery complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndustry | whiskey production ⓘ |
| hasLocalAmenity |
parish church
ⓘ
primary school ⓘ town centre square ⓘ |
| hasLocalRiverFeature | weir on the River Brosna ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Locke’s Distillery Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableSite |
Kilbeggan Distillery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Locke’s Distillery Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPopulationType | small town ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | N91 ⓘ |
| hasRacecourse | Kilbeggan Racecourse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | St James’s Church, Kilbeggan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsClub | Kilbeggan Shamrocks GAA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttraction | guided tours of Kilbeggan Distillery ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic whiskey distillery
ⓘ
whiskey distilling ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Westmeath
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
province of Leinster ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mullingar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tullamore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | River Brosna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearBorderOf | County Offaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Midlands of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Western European Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Irish Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transport |
near M6 motorway
ⓘ
on R446 road ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kilbeggan Description of subject: Kilbeggan is a small Irish town best known for its historic whiskey distillery, one of the oldest licensed distilleries in the world.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.