Clongowes Wood College
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Clongowes Wood College is a prestigious Jesuit boarding school for boys in County Kildare, Ireland, known for its strong academic tradition and literary associations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clongowes Wood College canonical | 10 |
| Clongowes Wood | 1 |
| Clongowes Wood College SJ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2143344 — 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: Clongowes Wood College Context triple: [James Joyce, educatedAt, Clongowes Wood College]
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A.
St Muredach’s College
St Muredach’s College is a long-established Catholic boys’ secondary school located in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland.
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B.
Kilkenny College
Kilkenny College is a historic Irish secondary school in County Kilkenny, noted for educating prominent figures such as philosopher George Berkeley.
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C.
Queen's College, Cork
Queen's College, Cork was a 19th-century Irish university college in Cork, now University College Cork, known for its contributions to higher education and association with mathematician George Boole.
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D.
St Patrick’s College
St Patrick’s College is a secondary-level educational institution located in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland.
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E.
Kildare Catholic College
Kildare Catholic College is a Catholic secondary school located in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
- 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: Clongowes Wood College Target entity description: Clongowes Wood College is a prestigious Jesuit boarding school for boys in County Kildare, Ireland, known for its strong academic tradition and literary associations.
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A.
St Muredach’s College
St Muredach’s College is a long-established Catholic boys’ secondary school located in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland.
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B.
Kilkenny College
Kilkenny College is a historic Irish secondary school in County Kilkenny, noted for educating prominent figures such as philosopher George Berkeley.
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C.
Queen's College, Cork
Queen's College, Cork was a 19th-century Irish university college in Cork, now University College Cork, known for its contributions to higher education and association with mathematician George Boole.
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D.
St Patrick’s College
St Patrick’s College is a secondary-level educational institution located in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland.
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E.
Kildare Catholic College
Kildare Catholic College is a Catholic secondary school located in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jesuit boarding school
ⓘ
boys' school ⓘ secondary school ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
ⓘ
Stephen Hero ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | James Joyce ⓘ |
| category |
Boarding schools in Ireland
ⓘ
Jesuit schools in Ireland ⓘ Secondary schools in County Kildare ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| denomination | Catholic ⓘ |
| educationSystem | Irish secondary education ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Clongowes Wood College SJ
ⓘ
linked to:
Clongowes Wood College
|
| foundedBy | Society of Jesus ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1814 ⓘ |
| genderAdmission | boys ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Irish Jesuit Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Irish Province of the Society of Jesus
|
| hasCampusFeature |
chapel
ⓘ
extensive grounds ⓘ historic castle building ⓘ library ⓘ sports pitches ⓘ |
| hasMotto | In scientia et virtute ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumnus |
James Joyce
ⓘ
John Redmond ⓘ Kevin O'Higgins ⓘ Michael O'Leary ⓘ Oliver St John Gogarty ⓘ
linked to:
Oliver St. John Gogarty
Thomas Francis Meagher ⓘ |
| hasReligiousRole | formation in Ignatian spirituality ⓘ |
| knownFor |
boarding community life
ⓘ
emphasis on Jesuit values ⓘ literary associations ⓘ strong academic tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | County Kildare ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Clane ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Junior Cycle
ⓘ
Leaving Certificate ⓘ Transition Year ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Society of Jesus ⓘ |
| schoolType | boarding school ⓘ |
| sportsOffered |
Gaelic games
ⓘ
athletics ⓘ basketball ⓘ rugby union ⓘ soccer ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Clongowes Wood College Description of subject: Clongowes Wood College is a prestigious Jesuit boarding school for boys in County Kildare, Ireland, known for its strong academic tradition and literary associations.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.