Kells Priory
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Kells Priory is a medieval monastic complex in County Meath, Ireland, historically linked to the creation and guardianship of the illuminated manuscript known as the Book of Kells.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abbey of Kells | 1 |
| Kells Priory canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6720452 — 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: Kells Priory Context triple: [Book of Kells, associatedWithMonastery, Kells Priory]
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A.
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey is a well-preserved 12th-century Cistercian monastery in County Kilkenny, Ireland, renowned for its Romanesque and Gothic architecture and intricate stone carvings.
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B.
Newbattle Abbey
Newbattle Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Midlothian, Scotland, historically significant as a royal foundation and later converted into a stately home.
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C.
Cymer Abbey
Cymer Abbey is a ruined 12th-century Cistercian monastery in Gwynedd, Wales, noted for its picturesque setting near Dolgellau.
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D.
Fore Abbey
Fore Abbey is a historic ruined Benedictine monastery in Ireland renowned for its early Christian heritage and the legendary “Seven Wonders of Fore.”
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E.
Lislaughtin Abbey
Lislaughtin Abbey is a ruined medieval Franciscan monastery near Ballylongford in County Kerry, Ireland, noted for its historic architecture and atmospheric setting.
- 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: Kells Priory Target entity description: Kells Priory is a medieval monastic complex in County Meath, Ireland, historically linked to the creation and guardianship of the illuminated manuscript known as the Book of Kells.
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A.
Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey is a well-preserved 12th-century Cistercian monastery in County Kilkenny, Ireland, renowned for its Romanesque and Gothic architecture and intricate stone carvings.
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B.
Newbattle Abbey
Newbattle Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Midlothian, Scotland, historically significant as a royal foundation and later converted into a stately home.
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C.
Cymer Abbey
Cymer Abbey is a ruined 12th-century Cistercian monastery in Gwynedd, Wales, noted for its picturesque setting near Dolgellau.
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D.
Fore Abbey
Fore Abbey is a historic ruined Benedictine monastery in Ireland renowned for its early Christian heritage and the legendary “Seven Wonders of Fore.”
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E.
Lislaughtin Abbey
Lislaughtin Abbey is a ruined medieval Franciscan monastery near Ballylongford in County Kerry, Ireland, noted for its historic architecture and atmospheric setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian monastery
ⓘ
medieval monastic complex ⓘ priory ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Book of Kells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
associated with the preservation of the Book of Kells
ⓘ
important site of Irish religious history ⓘ |
| denomination | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
monastic community
ⓘ
religious centre ⓘ |
| guardianOf | Book of Kells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | medieval ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
church buildings
ⓘ
cloister ⓘ domestic monastic buildings ⓘ monastic enclosure ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfLiturgy | Latin ⓘ |
| heritage | medieval monastic heritage ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
centre of manuscript guardianship
ⓘ
religious and cultural centre ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Celtic Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish monasticism ⓘ illuminated manuscripts ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Meath
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kells, County Meath NERFINISHED ⓘ Leinster ⓘ |
| locatedNear | River Blackwater (County Meath) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
connection to the Book of Kells
ⓘ
medieval monastic remains ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish monastic landscape ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| tourism | heritage tourism site ⓘ |
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: Kells Priory Description of subject: Kells Priory is a medieval monastic complex in County Meath, Ireland, historically linked to the creation and guardianship of the illuminated manuscript known as the Book of Kells.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Book of Kells
this entity surface form:
Abbey of Kells