Battle of Castlebar
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The Battle of Castlebar was a 1798 engagement in County Mayo, Ireland, where a combined French and Irish rebel force routed a much larger British-led garrison during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Castlebar canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6283069 — 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 Castlebar Context triple: [French landing at Killala, hasPart, Battle of Castlebar]
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Battle of Ballinamuck
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Castlebar Target entity description: The Battle of Castlebar was a 1798 engagement in County Mayo, Ireland, where a combined French and Irish rebel force routed a much larger British-led garrison during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
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A.
Battle of Ballinamuck
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Races of Castlebar ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British Army
ⓘ
French Republic ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Irish militia ⓘ Irish rebels ⓘ Society of United Irishmen ⓘ |
| campaign |
French expedition to Ireland (1798)
ⓘ
linked to:
Expédition d’Irlande
|
| cause | French support for Irish rebellion against British rule ⓘ |
| combatantSide1 | French and Irish rebel forces ⓘ |
| combatantSide2 | British-led garrison ⓘ |
| commander |
Bartholomew Teeling
ⓘ
Gerard Lake ⓘ Henry Johnson ⓘ James McDonnell ⓘ Jean Joseph Amable Humbert ⓘ |
| conflict | Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| date | 1798-08-27 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Ballinamuck ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| involvedBritishForces | true ⓘ |
| involvedFrenchTroops | true ⓘ |
| involvedIrishRebels | true ⓘ |
| location |
Castlebar
ⓘ
County Mayo ⓘ Ireland ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Castlebar ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
rapid retreat of British and loyalist forces
ⓘ
temporary establishment of a short-lived Irish Republic in Connacht ⓘ |
| outcome | British-led garrison routed ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ |
| precededBy | French landing at Killala Bay ⓘ |
| result | French and Irish rebel victory ⓘ |
| significance | major rebel victory during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
boosted morale of Irish rebels
ⓘ
prompted British reinforcement of western Ireland ⓘ |
| strength | French and Irish force smaller than British-led garrison ⓘ |
| theatre | Western theatre of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ |
| weaponry |
artillery
ⓘ
muskets ⓘ |
| year | 1798 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Castlebar Description of subject: The Battle of Castlebar was a 1798 engagement in County Mayo, Ireland, where a combined French and Irish rebel force routed a much larger British-led garrison during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Referenced by (5)
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