Siege of New Ross
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The Siege of New Ross was a key military engagement during the Irish Confederate Wars in which Irish Confederate forces attempted to capture the strategically important town of New Ross from English control.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Siege of New Ross canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12336010 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of New Ross Context triple: [Siege of Waterford, precededBy, Siege of New Ross]
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Siege of Enniskillen
The Siege of Enniskillen was a key late-16th-century confrontation in County Fermanagh, Ireland, where Irish rebel forces and their allies attempted to capture the strategically important town and fortifications during the wider conflict against English rule.
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Battle of New Ross
The Battle of New Ross was a major and bloody engagement during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, where Irish rebel forces attempted to seize the strategic town of New Ross from British government troops in County Wexford.
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Siege of Clonmel
The Siege of Clonmel was a major 1650 engagement in which Irish Confederate and Royalist forces mounted a notably effective defense against Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army during the later stages of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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D.
Siege of Waterford
The Siege of Waterford was a 1649 Cromwellian assault during the Irish Confederate Wars in which Oliver Cromwell’s forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the strategically important port city of Waterford from Irish and Royalist defenders.
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E.
Siege of Dublin
The Siege of Dublin was a pivotal 12th-century military engagement during the Norman conquest of Ireland, in which Norman forces fought to secure control of the strategically vital city of Dublin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of New Ross Target entity description: The Siege of New Ross was a key military engagement during the Irish Confederate Wars in which Irish Confederate forces attempted to capture the strategically important town of New Ross from English control.
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A.
Siege of Enniskillen
The Siege of Enniskillen was a key late-16th-century confrontation in County Fermanagh, Ireland, where Irish rebel forces and their allies attempted to capture the strategically important town and fortifications during the wider conflict against English rule.
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B.
Battle of New Ross
The Battle of New Ross was a major and bloody engagement during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, where Irish rebel forces attempted to seize the strategic town of New Ross from British government troops in County Wexford.
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C.
Siege of Clonmel
The Siege of Clonmel was a major 1650 engagement in which Irish Confederate and Royalist forces mounted a notably effective defense against Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army during the later stages of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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D.
Siege of Waterford
The Siege of Waterford was a 1649 Cromwellian assault during the Irish Confederate Wars in which Oliver Cromwell’s forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the strategically important port city of Waterford from Irish and Royalist defenders.
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E.
Siege of Dublin
The Siege of Dublin was a pivotal 12th-century military engagement during the Norman conquest of Ireland, in which Norman forces fought to secure control of the strategically vital city of Dublin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military engagement
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siege ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Irish Catholic Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackedBy | Irish Confederate army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
English Royalist garrison
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Irish Confederates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatant |
English forces
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Irish Confederate forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Irish Confederate Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendedBy | English garrison of New Ross ⓘ |
| location |
County Wexford
NERFINISHED
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Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ New Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| objective | capture of New Ross ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish Confederate Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConflict | Wars of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | English forces retained control of New Ross ⓘ |
| significance | strategic control of a key town on the River Barrow ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of a major river crossing
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control of trade and supply routes in southeast Ireland ⓘ |
| theatreOfWar | Irish Confederate Wars in Leinster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare | early modern siege warfare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Siege of New Ross Description of subject: The Siege of New Ross was a key military engagement during the Irish Confederate Wars in which Irish Confederate forces attempted to capture the strategically important town of New Ross from English control.
Referenced by (1)
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