Killala

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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 15

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeStatus town in County Mayo ⓘ
associatedWithCountry France (via 1798 French landing) ⓘ
associatedWithRebellion Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
distanceToBallina approximately 14 km ⓘ
etymology Irish Cill Ala meaning "church of Ala" or similar ⓘ
eventOccurredAt Battle of Killala ⓘ
French landing in August 1798 ⓘ
governingCouncil Mayo County Council ⓘ
hasBay Killala Bay ⓘ
hasDiocesanCathedral St Patrick’s Cathedral, Killala ⓘ
hasGeographicFeature Killala Bay ⓘ
hasHarbour Killala Harbour ⓘ
linked to: Killala Bay
hasHistoricalEvent occupation by French and Irish forces in 1798 ⓘ
recapture by British forces in 1798 ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod early Christian period ⓘ
hasIrishName Cill Ala ⓘ
hasLandmark Killala Cathedral ⓘ
Killala Harbour ⓘ
linked to: Killala Bay

Killala Round Tower ⓘ
hasNearbyTown Ballina ⓘ
hasParish Killala parish ⓘ
hasPostalCode F26 ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasReligiousSee Church of Ireland Diocese of Killala (historical) ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Killala ⓘ
linked to: Diocese of Killala
hasStructureType round tower ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Killala Round Tower ⓘ
angling in Killala Bay ⓘ
scenic coastal views ⓘ
historicallyNotedFor French landing during the 1798 Irish Rebellion ⓘ
isCoastalTown true ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
locatedIn Connacht ⓘ
County Mayo ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
northwest coast of Ireland ⓘ
notableFor role in 1798 French expedition to Ireland ⓘ
well-preserved round tower ⓘ
partOf Barony of Tirawley ⓘ
regionType rural town ⓘ
timeZone Western European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Irish Standard Time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Killala Bay → hasMouthNear → Killala ⓘ
Killala Bay → hasNearbyTown → Killala ⓘ
Battle of Killala → location → Killala ⓘ
Jean Joseph Amable Humbert → landedAt → Killala ⓘ
Lacken → hasNearbyTown → Killala ⓘ
Lacken Strand → near → Killala ⓘ
Ross Beach → locatedNear → Killala ⓘ
Kilcummin Head → locatedNear → Killala ⓘ