Battle of Ballinamuck
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The Battle of Ballinamuck was a decisive 1798 engagement in County Longford where British forces defeated a combined Irish and French force, effectively ending the main military phase of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Ballinamuck canonical | 2 |
| Battle of Ballinamuck, County Longford | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1235115 — 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: Battle of Ballinamuck Context triple: [Irish Rebellion of 1798, hasPart, Battle of Ballinamuck]
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Battle of Benburb
The Battle of Benburb (1646) was a major Irish Confederate victory in Ulster, where Owen Roe O'Neill’s forces decisively defeated a Scottish Covenanter army, boosting the Confederate Catholic cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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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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Battle of Antrim
The Battle of Antrim was a key 1798 clash in County Antrim, Ireland, in which United Irish rebels attempted and failed to seize the town of Antrim from British government forces.
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Battle of Knocknanuss
The Battle of Knocknanuss was a major 1647 engagement in County Cork during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated the Irish Confederate army, contributing to the collapse of Confederate military power in Munster.
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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.
- 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: Battle of Ballinamuck Target entity description: The Battle of Ballinamuck was a decisive 1798 engagement in County Longford where British forces defeated a combined Irish and French force, effectively ending the main military phase of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
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A.
Battle of Benburb
The Battle of Benburb (1646) was a major Irish Confederate victory in Ulster, where Owen Roe O'Neill’s forces decisively defeated a Scottish Covenanter army, boosting the Confederate Catholic cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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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.
Battle of Antrim
The Battle of Antrim was a key 1798 clash in County Antrim, Ireland, in which United Irish rebels attempted and failed to seize the town of Antrim from British government forces.
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D.
Battle of Knocknanuss
The Battle of Knocknanuss was a major 1647 engagement in County Cork during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated the Irish Confederate army, contributing to the collapse of Confederate military power in Munster.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| aftermath | large-scale executions and repression of rebels ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Ballinamuck
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Ballinamuck, County Longford
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| associatedWith |
French Revolutionary Wars
ⓘ
Society of United Irishmen ⓘ |
| belligerent |
French First Republic
ⓘ
Irish rebels ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| BritishCommander |
General Gerard Lake
ⓘ
Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Cornwallis
|
| BritishTroopStrength | several thousand British and loyalist troops ⓘ |
| campaign |
Expédition d’Irlande
ⓘ
surface form:
French expedition to Ireland (1798)
|
| category |
Battles involving France
ⓘ
Battles involving Great Britain ⓘ Battles involving Ireland ⓘ Conflicts in 1798 ⓘ |
| combatant |
British forces
ⓘ
combined Irish and French force ⓘ |
| commander |
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis
ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Cornwallis
Gerard Lake ⓘ Jean Humbert ⓘ
surface form:
Jean Joseph Amable Humbert
Theobald Wolfe Tone ⓘ |
| conflict | Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| date | 1798-09-08 ⓘ |
| decisiveAgainst |
French expeditionary force in Ireland
ⓘ
United Irishmen forces ⓘ |
| decisiveFor | British forces ⓘ |
| followedBy | mopping-up operations against remaining rebels ⓘ |
| FrenchCommander | General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert ⓘ |
| FrenchOutcome | French forces surrendered ⓘ |
| FrenchTroopStrength | approximately 1,000 French soldiers ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| IrishLeaderInvolved | Theobald Wolfe Tone ⓘ |
| IrishOutcome | many Irish rebels killed or captured ⓘ |
| IrishTroopStrength | several thousand Irish rebels and militia ⓘ |
| location | County Longford ⓘ |
| notableConsequence |
collapse of organized French military presence in Ireland in 1798
ⓘ
demoralization and dispersal of remaining rebel forces ⓘ |
| opponentOf |
British forces
ⓘ
surface form:
British Crown forces
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| partOf | Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Castlebar ⓘ |
| region | north midlands of Ireland ⓘ |
| result | British victory ⓘ |
| significance | effectively ended the main military phase of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ |
| theatre |
Irish Rebellion of 1798
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surface form:
Irish theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
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| typeOfWarfare | land battle ⓘ |
| year | 1798 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Ballinamuck Description of subject: The Battle of Ballinamuck was a decisive 1798 engagement in County Longford where British forces defeated a combined Irish and French force, effectively ending the main military phase of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Battle of Ballinamuck, County Longford