French landing at Killala
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The French landing at Killala was a 1798 military operation in which French troops came ashore in County Mayo to support Irish rebels against British rule during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| French landing at Killala canonical | 1 |
| French landing at Killala Bay | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1235118 — 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: French landing at Killala Context triple: [Irish Rebellion of 1798, hasPart, French landing at Killala]
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A.
Siege of Drogheda
The Siege of Drogheda was a brutal 1649 assault by Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarian forces on the Irish town of Drogheda, notorious for the mass killing of its Royalist and Confederate defenders and civilians.
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B.
Siege of Derry
The Siege of Derry was a pivotal 1689 confrontation in which Protestant defenders held the walled city of Derry against Jacobite forces, becoming a defining episode in Irish and British Protestant memory.
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C.
Siege of Wexford
The Siege of Wexford was a 1649 Cromwellian assault on the Irish port town of Wexford, marked by the storming of its defenses and a notorious massacre of many of its defenders and inhabitants.
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D.
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.
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E.
Jameson Raid
The Jameson Raid was a failed 1895–1896 British-led incursion into the Transvaal Republic that helped spark tensions leading to the Second Boer War.
- 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: French landing at Killala Target entity description: The French landing at Killala was a 1798 military operation in which French troops came ashore in County Mayo to support Irish rebels against British rule during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
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A.
Siege of Drogheda
The Siege of Drogheda was a brutal 1649 assault by Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarian forces on the Irish town of Drogheda, notorious for the mass killing of its Royalist and Confederate defenders and civilians.
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B.
Siege of Derry
The Siege of Derry was a pivotal 1689 confrontation in which Protestant defenders held the walled city of Derry against Jacobite forces, becoming a defining episode in Irish and British Protestant memory.
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C.
Siege of Wexford
The Siege of Wexford was a 1649 Cromwellian assault on the Irish port town of Wexford, marked by the storming of its defenses and a notorious massacre of many of its defenders and inhabitants.
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D.
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.
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E.
Jameson Raid
The Jameson Raid was a failed 1895–1896 British-led incursion into the Transvaal Republic that helped spark tensions leading to the Second Boer War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
amphibious landing
ⓘ
event in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ military operation ⓘ |
| aftermath |
execution and transportation of many Irish rebels
ⓘ
recapture of Killala by British forces ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
French expedition to Connacht
ⓘ
Expédition d’Irlande ⓘ
surface form:
Humbert’s expedition to Ireland
|
| belligerent |
British Armed Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
British Crown forces
French First Republic ⓘ Irish rebels ⓘ |
| captured |
Ballina
ⓘ
Castlebar ⓘ Killala ⓘ |
| conflictType | insurgency support operation ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
French First Republic
ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| date | August 1798 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1798-09-23 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Battle of Ballina (1798)
ⓘ
Battle of Castlebar ⓘ Battle of Killala ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| involved |
British regular troops
ⓘ
Irish militia units ⓘ |
| landedForce | French Army of Ireland detachment ⓘ |
| ledBy |
Jean Humbert
ⓘ
surface form:
Jean Joseph Amable Humbert
|
| location |
Connacht
ⓘ
County Mayo ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Killala ⓘ |
| notableFor |
rapid French victory at the Battle of Castlebar (the ‘Races of Castlebar’)
ⓘ
temporary establishment of a French-backed Irish republican administration in Connacht ⓘ |
| objective |
to spark a wider uprising in Ireland
ⓘ
to support Irish rebellion against British rule ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Gerard Lake
ⓘ
James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley ⓘ Jean Humbert ⓘ
surface form:
Jean Joseph Amable Humbert
|
| partOf |
French Revolutionary Wars
ⓘ
Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Acts of Union 1800
ⓘ
surface form:
Act of Union 1800
Society of United Irishmen ⓘ |
| result | British victory ⓘ |
| shipUsed | French naval transports ⓘ |
| startDate | 1798-08-22 ⓘ |
| strength |
about 1,000 French troops
ⓘ
several hundred Irish rebels (local recruits) ⓘ |
| supported | United Irishmen ⓘ |
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Subject: French landing at Killala Description of subject: The French landing at Killala was a 1798 military operation in which French troops came ashore in County Mayo to support Irish rebels against British rule during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
French landing at Killala Bay