coat of arms of Ireland
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The coat of arms of Ireland features a gold harp with silver strings on a blue shield, symbolizing the Irish state and its historic association with the harp as a national emblem.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| coat of arms of Ireland canonical | 5 |
| arms of Ireland | 1 |
| arms of the Kingdom of Ireland | 1 |
| national coat of arms of Ireland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4775677 — 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: coat of arms of Ireland Context triple: [Green Harp Flag, relatedTo, coat of arms of Ireland]
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A.
Coat of arms of County Cork
The Coat of arms of County Cork is the official heraldic emblem representing County Cork, Ireland, typically featuring symbols that reflect the county’s maritime heritage, historic fortifications, and civic identity.
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B.
naval ensign of Ireland
The naval ensign of Ireland is the maritime flag flown by Irish naval vessels, incorporating the national tricolour in a design that signifies their identity and authority at sea.
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C.
Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Ireland
The Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Ireland was the historic heraldic banner used to represent the Irish monarchy, typically featuring a gold harp on a blue field.
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D.
civil ensign of Ireland
The civil ensign of Ireland is the national maritime flag flown by Irish civilian vessels, derived from the Irish tricolour and used to denote their nationality at sea.
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E.
Coat of arms of Iceland
The Coat of arms of Iceland is the national emblem featuring a silver cross on a blue shield with red cross inlay, supported by four traditional guardian spirits representing the island’s protective symbols.
- 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: coat of arms of Ireland Target entity description: The coat of arms of Ireland features a gold harp with silver strings on a blue shield, symbolizing the Irish state and its historic association with the harp as a national emblem.
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A.
Coat of arms of County Cork
The Coat of arms of County Cork is the official heraldic emblem representing County Cork, Ireland, typically featuring symbols that reflect the county’s maritime heritage, historic fortifications, and civic identity.
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B.
naval ensign of Ireland
The naval ensign of Ireland is the maritime flag flown by Irish naval vessels, incorporating the national tricolour in a design that signifies their identity and authority at sea.
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C.
Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Ireland
The Royal Standard of the Kingdom of Ireland was the historic heraldic banner used to represent the Irish monarchy, typically featuring a gold harp on a blue field.
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D.
civil ensign of Ireland
The civil ensign of Ireland is the national maritime flag flown by Irish civilian vessels, derived from the Irish tricolour and used to denote their nationality at sea.
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E.
Coat of arms of Iceland
The Coat of arms of Iceland is the national emblem featuring a silver cross on a blue shield with red cross inlay, supported by four traditional guardian spirits representing the island’s protective symbols.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | coat of arms ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
arms of Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
coat of arms of Ireland
national coat of arms of Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
coat of arms of Ireland
|
| appearsOn |
Irish diplomatic missions signage
ⓘ
Irish government buildings signage ⓘ official Irish stationery ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gaelic culture
ⓘ
Irish heraldry ⓘ national emblem of Ireland ⓘ |
| background | azure field ⓘ |
| blazon | Azure, a harp Or stringed Argent ⓘ |
| chargeColor | or ⓘ |
| colorScheme | blue and gold ⓘ |
| continuityWith | traditional Irish harp symbol ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | longstanding association of Ireland with the harp ⓘ |
| depicts | harp ⓘ |
| designElement |
blue shield
ⓘ
gold harp with silver strings ⓘ |
| emblemType | state coat of arms ⓘ |
| fieldColor | azure ⓘ |
| historicalPrecursor |
arms of the Kingdom of Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
coat of arms of Ireland
|
| inspiredBy | medieval Irish harp iconography ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official emblem of the State ⓘ |
| nationalSymbolOf | Ireland ⓘ |
| primaryCharge | harp Or ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Government of Ireland ⓘ |
| shieldShape | escutcheon ⓘ |
| stringColor | argent ⓘ |
| stringMaterialDepicted | silver ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Ireland
ⓘ
Irish national identity ⓘ Irish sovereignty ⓘ Irish state ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Ireland
ⓘ
Irish state agencies ⓘ Oireachtas ⓘ President of Ireland ⓘ Taoiseach ⓘ
linked to:
Taoiseach of Ireland
|
| usedIn |
Irish legal and constitutional contexts
ⓘ
seals of Irish state offices ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Great Seal of Ireland (modern state)
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Seal of Ireland
Irish euro coins (national side, stylized harp) ⓘ Irish passports ⓘ official Irish government documents ⓘ presidential standard of Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
Presidential Standard of Ireland
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| usedSince | 20th century (as arms of the modern state) ⓘ |
| uses | Celtic harp ⓘ |
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
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: coat of arms of Ireland Description of subject: The coat of arms of Ireland features a gold harp with silver strings on a blue shield, symbolizing the Irish state and its historic association with the harp as a national emblem.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Green harp flag
linked to: coat of arms of Ireland
linked to: coat of arms of Ireland
linked to: coat of arms of Ireland
subject linked to:
Bratach an Uachtaráin (Irish)