Battle of Rathmines
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The Battle of Rathmines was a significant 1649 engagement in Dublin during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated a combined Royalist-Confederate army, securing control of the city.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Rathmines canonical | 1 |
| Battle of Rathmines (1649) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2584428 — 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 Rathmines Context triple: [Battle of Dungan's Hill, precededBy, Battle of Rathmines]
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A.
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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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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C.
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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Battle of Knocknanuss
The Battle of Knocknanuss was a major 1647 engagement in County Cork during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated the Irish Confederate army, contributing to the collapse of Confederate military power in Munster.
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E.
Battle of New Ross
The Battle of New Ross was a major and bloody engagement during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, where Irish rebel forces attempted to seize the strategic town of New Ross from British government troops in County Wexford.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Rathmines Target entity description: The Battle of Rathmines was a significant 1649 engagement in Dublin during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated a combined Royalist-Confederate army, securing control of the city.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Battle of Knocknanuss
The Battle of Knocknanuss was a major 1647 engagement in County Cork during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated the Irish Confederate army, contributing to the collapse of Confederate military power in Munster.
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E.
Battle of New Ross
The Battle of New Ross was a major and bloody engagement during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, where Irish rebel forces attempted to seize the strategic town of New Ross from British government troops in County Wexford.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| armedForcesInvolved |
New Model Army elements
ⓘ
linked to:
New Model Army
|
| associatedWith |
English Civil Wars
ⓘ
linked to:
English Civil War
Royalist cause of Charles II ⓘ |
| belligerent |
English Parliamentarians
ⓘ
linked to:
Parliamentarians
Irish Confederates ⓘ
linked to:
Irish Catholic Confederation
Royalists ⓘ |
| campaign | Parliamentarian campaign in Ireland ⓘ |
| combatants |
cavalry
ⓘ
infantry ⓘ |
| commander |
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
ⓘ
Michael Jones ⓘ |
| commanderSide |
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond – Royalist
ⓘ
linked to:
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
Michael Jones – Parliamentarian ⓘ |
| conflict | Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country |
Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Island of Ireland
|
| date | 2 August 1649 ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | south of Dublin city centre ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early modern period ⓘ |
| impact |
facilitated Parliamentarian landings in Ireland
ⓘ
weakened Royalist-Confederate position in Ireland ⓘ |
| location |
Dublin
ⓘ
Rathmines ⓘ |
| notableFeature | surprise attack by Parliamentarian forces ⓘ |
| opponent |
Royalist-Confederate alliance
ⓘ
linked to:
Royalist–Confederate alliance phase
|
| partOf | Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| precededBy | Parliamentarian defense of Dublin ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfForces | English ⓘ |
| primaryReligionOfConfederateForces | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| primaryReligionOfParliamentarianForces | Protestant ⓘ |
| region | Leinster ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Siege of Dublin (1649)
ⓘ
linked to:
Siege of Dublin
|
| relatedFigure | Oliver Cromwell ⓘ |
| result | Parliamentarian victory ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive defeat of Royalist-Confederate forces near Dublin
ⓘ
ensured Dublin as a base for Oliver Cromwell’s army ⓘ |
| strategicOutcome |
prevented Royalist-Confederate capture of Dublin
ⓘ
secured Parliamentarian control of Dublin ⓘ |
| theatre |
Irish Confederate Wars – Leinster theatre
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linked to:
Irish Confederate Wars
|
| typeOfWarfare | land battle ⓘ |
| year | 1649 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Rathmines Description of subject: The Battle of Rathmines was a significant 1649 engagement in Dublin during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated a combined Royalist-Confederate army, securing control of the city.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Battle of Rathmines