Killala
E581292
Killala is a small coastal town in County Mayo, Ireland, historically noted as the site of a French landing during the 1798 Irish Rebellion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Killala canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6283075 — 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: Killala Context triple: [French landing at Killala, location, Killala]
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A.
Killaloe
Killaloe is a historic town in County Clare, Ireland, known for its picturesque setting on the River Shannon and its association with High King Brian Boru.
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B.
Shabara
Shabara was an early Indian philosopher and commentator best known for his influential exegesis on the Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy.
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C.
Kankia
Kankia is a town and local government area in northern Nigeria, known for its role as an administrative and commercial center within Katsina State.
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D.
Baddo
Baddo was a Visigothic queen consort, known as the wife of King Reccared I of the Visigoths in late 6th-century Hispania.
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E.
Baddo
Baddo is the popular stage name of Nigerian rapper and singer Olamide, known for his influential role in contemporary Afrobeats and street-hop music.
- 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: Killala Target entity description: Killala is a small coastal town in County Mayo, Ireland, historically noted as the site of a French landing during the 1798 Irish Rebellion.
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A.
Killaloe
Killaloe is a historic town in County Clare, Ireland, known for its picturesque setting on the River Shannon and its association with High King Brian Boru.
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B.
Shabara
Shabara was an early Indian philosopher and commentator best known for his influential exegesis on the Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy.
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C.
Kankia
Kankia is a town and local government area in northern Nigeria, known for its role as an administrative and commercial center within Katsina State.
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D.
Baddo
Baddo is the popular stage name of Nigerian rapper and singer Olamide, known for his influential role in contemporary Afrobeats and street-hop music.
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E.
Baddo
Baddo was a Visigothic queen consort, known as the wife of King Reccared I of the Visigoths in late 6th-century Hispania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | town in County Mayo ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry | France (via 1798 French landing) ⓘ |
| associatedWithRebellion | Irish Rebellion of 1798 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceToBallina | approximately 14 km ⓘ |
| etymology | Irish Cill Ala meaning "church of Ala" or similar ⓘ |
| eventOccurredAt |
Battle of Killala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French landing in August 1798 ⓘ |
| governingCouncil | Mayo County Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBay | Killala Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDiocesanCathedral | St Patrick’s Cathedral, Killala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeographicFeature | Killala Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHarbour | Killala Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent |
occupation by French and Irish forces in 1798
ⓘ
recapture by British forces in 1798 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | early Christian period ⓘ |
| hasIrishName | Cill Ala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Killala Cathedral
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Killala Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ Killala Round Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyTown | Ballina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParish | Killala parish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | F26 ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSee |
Church of Ireland Diocese of Killala (historical)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Killala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructureType | round tower ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttraction |
Killala Round Tower
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
angling in Killala Bay ⓘ scenic coastal views ⓘ |
| historicallyNotedFor | French landing during the 1798 Irish Rebellion ⓘ |
| isCoastalTown | true ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Connacht
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
northwest coast of Ireland ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in 1798 French expedition to Ireland
ⓘ
well-preserved round tower ⓘ |
| partOf | Barony of Tirawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | rural town ⓘ |
| timeZone | Western European Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Irish Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Killala Description of subject: Killala is a small coastal town in County Mayo, Ireland, historically noted as the site of a French landing during the 1798 Irish Rebellion.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.