Béal na Blá
E1022534
Béal na Blá is a small village in County Cork, Ireland, best known as the site where Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins was killed in 1922.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Béal na Blá canonical | 1 |
| Fearna Mhú | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13132634 — 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: Béal na Blá Context triple: [Béal na Bláth, County Cork, Ireland, hasIrishName, Béal na Blá]
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A.
Béal an Átha
Béal an Átha is the Irish-language name for the town of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland.
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B.
Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh
Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh is an Irish-speaking village in County Cork known as a cultural center for traditional Gaelic language and heritage.
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C.
Na Beanna Beola
Na Beanna Beola is the Irish name for the Twelve Bens, a rugged mountain range in Connemara, County Galway, known for its sharp peaks and scenic hiking routes.
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D.
Béal Átha Longfoirt
Béal Átha Longfoirt is the Irish-language name for the village of Ballylongford in County Kerry, Ireland.
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E.
Lios na Scéithe
Lios na Scéithe is the Irish-language name for the town of Lisnaskea in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
- 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: Béal na Blá Target entity description: Béal na Blá is a small village in County Cork, Ireland, best known as the site where Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins was killed in 1922.
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A.
Béal an Átha
Béal an Átha is the Irish-language name for the town of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland.
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B.
Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh
Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh is an Irish-speaking village in County Cork known as a cultural center for traditional Gaelic language and heritage.
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C.
Na Beanna Beola
Na Beanna Beola is the Irish name for the Twelve Bens, a rugged mountain range in Connemara, County Galway, known for its sharp peaks and scenic hiking routes.
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D.
Béal Átha Longfoirt
Béal Átha Longfoirt is the Irish-language name for the village of Ballylongford in County Kerry, Ireland.
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E.
Lios na Scéithe
Lios na Scéithe is the Irish-language name for the town of Lisnaskea in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | annual Michael Collins commemoration ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCounty | County Cork NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeographicFeature | hilly countryside of mid-Cork ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
Irish Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish revolutionary history ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| hasMonument | Michael Collins memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Bealnablath (anglicised form)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Béal na Blá (Irish) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent |
ambush of 22 August 1922
ⓘ
assassination of Michael Collins ⓘ |
| hasNotablePersonAssociated | Michael Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryReligionTraditionally | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection |
R585 road
ⓘ
local roads linking to N22 ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfArea | rural area ⓘ |
| locatedIn | County Cork NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Irish Standard Time
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western European Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnTerritory | island of Ireland ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Cork NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Crookstown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macroom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Republic of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | site of Michael Collins’s death ⓘ |
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: Béal na Blá Description of subject: Béal na Blá is a small village in County Cork, Ireland, best known as the site where Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins was killed in 1922.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fearna Mhú