Battle of Killala
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The Battle of Killala was a 1798 engagement in County Mayo, Ireland, in which British forces defeated Irish and French troops during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Killala canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6283067 — 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 Killala Context triple: [French landing at Killala, hasPart, Battle of Killala]
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A.
Battle of Clontibret
The Battle of Clontibret was a 1595 engagement in County Monaghan where Hugh O’Neill’s forces won an early major victory over English troops, helping to ignite the wider Nine Years’ War in Ireland.
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B.
Battle of Oulart Hill
The Battle of Oulart Hill was a key 1798 Irish Rebellion engagement in County Wexford where poorly armed Irish rebels won a decisive victory over British forces.
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C.
Battle of Eachroim
The Battle of Eachroim, better known as the Battle of Aughrim (1691), was a decisive engagement in the Williamite War in Ireland that effectively ended Jacobite resistance and secured Protestant ascendancy.
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D.
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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E.
Battle of Knocknacross
The Battle of Knocknacross, better known as the Battle of Dungan's Hill, was a major engagement of the Irish Confederate Wars in 1647 in which English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated an Irish Confederate army in County Meath.
- 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: Battle of Killala Target entity description: The Battle of Killala was a 1798 engagement in County Mayo, Ireland, in which British forces defeated Irish and French troops during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
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A.
Battle of Clontibret
The Battle of Clontibret was a 1595 engagement in County Monaghan where Hugh O’Neill’s forces won an early major victory over English troops, helping to ignite the wider Nine Years’ War in Ireland.
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B.
Battle of Oulart Hill
The Battle of Oulart Hill was a key 1798 Irish Rebellion engagement in County Wexford where poorly armed Irish rebels won a decisive victory over British forces.
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C.
Battle of Eachroim
The Battle of Eachroim, better known as the Battle of Aughrim (1691), was a decisive engagement in the Williamite War in Ireland that effectively ended Jacobite resistance and secured Protestant ascendancy.
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D.
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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E.
Battle of Knocknacross
The Battle of Knocknacross, better known as the Battle of Dungan's Hill, was a major engagement of the Irish Confederate Wars in 1647 in which English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated an Irish Confederate army in County Meath.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British forces
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French troops ⓘ Irish rebels ⓘ |
| combatant |
British Army
ⓘ
French Army ⓘ Irish militia ⓘ |
| commander |
Gerard Lake
ⓘ
James Humbert ⓘ |
| conflict | Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| date | 1798-09-23 ⓘ |
| followedBy | recapture of Killala by British forces ⓘ |
| genre | land battle ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English-language historiography
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Irish-language historiography ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| location |
County Mayo
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Ireland ⓘ Killala ⓘ |
| notableFor |
British suppression of the French-backed rising in County Mayo
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defeat of remaining Franco-Irish forces in Connacht ⓘ |
| opponent |
French Republic
ⓘ
United Irishmen ⓘ |
| partOf |
French expedition to Ireland (1798)
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linked to:
Expédition d’Irlande
Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Ballinamuck ⓘ |
| result | British victory ⓘ |
| year | 1798 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Killala Description of subject: The Battle of Killala was a 1798 engagement in County Mayo, Ireland, in which British forces defeated Irish and French troops during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Referenced by (2)
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