Ballykelly, County Londonderry

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British Army barracks Royal Air Force station bombing church primary school railway station settlement terrorist attack village

Ballykelly, County Londonderry is a village in Northern Ireland known for being the site of a deadly Irish National Liberation Army bombing during the Troubles.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Ballykelly, County Londonderry canonical	8

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T863180 — 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: Ballykelly, County Londonderry
Context triple: [Irish National Liberation Army, notableAttackLocation, Ballykelly, County Londonderry]

A. Downpatrick, County Down
Downpatrick, County Down is a historic town in Northern Ireland traditionally regarded as the burial place of Saint Patrick and an important center of early Irish Christianity.
B. Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland is a historic market town in Northern Ireland known for its agricultural trade, linen industry heritage, and role as a regional commercial center.
C. Lisburn
Lisburn is a city in Northern Ireland known historically for its linen industry and located southwest of Belfast.
D. Ballinlough
Ballinlough is a residential suburb of Cork City in County Cork, Ireland, known for its local community amenities and proximity to the city centre.
E. Cullivoe
Cullivoe is a small coastal village and fishing community on the island of Yell in Shetland, Scotland.
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: Ballykelly, County Londonderry
Target entity description: Ballykelly, County Londonderry is a village in Northern Ireland known for being the site of a deadly Irish National Liberation Army bombing during the Troubles.

A. Downpatrick, County Down
Downpatrick, County Down is a historic town in Northern Ireland traditionally regarded as the burial place of Saint Patrick and an important center of early Irish Christianity.
B. Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland is a historic market town in Northern Ireland known for its agricultural trade, linen industry heritage, and role as a regional commercial center.
C. Lisburn
Lisburn is a city in Northern Ireland known historically for its linen industry and located southwest of Belfast.
D. Ballinlough
Ballinlough is a residential suburb of Cork City in County Cork, Ireland, known for its local community amenities and proximity to the city centre.
E. Cullivoe
Cullivoe is a small coastal village and fishing community on the island of Yell in Shetland, Scotland.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army barracks ⓘ Royal Air Force station ⓘ bombing ⓘ church ⓘ church ⓘ primary school ⓘ railway station ⓘ settlement ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ village ⓘ
causedDeaths	17 ⓘ
causedInjuries	many ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eventOccurredAt	Ballykelly bombing ⓘ
governedBy	Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council ⓘ
hasDialCode	+44 28 ⓘ
hasHistoricalCounty	Derry ⓘ surface form: Londonderry
hasIrishName	Baile Uí Cheallaigh ⓘ
hasNearbyMilitarySite	RAF Ballykelly ⓘ Shackleton Barracks ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict	BT49 ⓘ
hasPostTown	LIMAVADY ⓘ
hasPrimarySchool	Ballykelly Primary School ⓘ
hasRailwayStation	Ballykelly railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding	St Finlough’s Church ⓘ St Finlough’s Church ⓘ surface form: Tamlaghtfinlagan Parish Church
knownFor	Ballykelly bombing ⓘ
locatedBetween	Derry ⓘ Limavady ⓘ
locatedIn	Ballykelly, County Londonderry self-linksurface differs ⓘ Ballykelly, County Londonderry self-linksurface differs ⓘ Ballykelly, County Londonderry self-linksurface differs ⓘ Ballykelly, County Londonderry self-linksurface differs ⓘ Ballykelly, County Londonderry self-linksurface differs ⓘ Ballykelly, County Londonderry self-linksurface differs ⓘ Causeway Coast and Glens district ⓘ County Londonderry ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Ulster ⓘ
locatedNear	Lough Foyle ⓘ
locatedOn	A2 road ⓘ Belfast–Derry railway line ⓘ surface form: Londonderry–Coleraine line
occurredDuring	The Troubles ⓘ
occurredIn	Ballykelly, County Londonderry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
occurredOn	6 December 1982 ⓘ
perpetratedBy	Irish National Liberation Army ⓘ
representedInAssembly	East Londonderry (Northern Ireland Assembly constituency) ⓘ
representedInParliament	East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
targeted	Droppin Well bar ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish National Liberation Army → notableAttackLocation → Ballykelly, County Londonderry ⓘ

Ballykelly, County Londonderry → occurredIn → Ballykelly, County Londonderry self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Ballykelly bombing