There are 5 places named Killeen in Ireland.
There is one place named Killeen in America.
So you are correct, but this practice would be helpful for a city or town named, say, "Washington" (there are 88 such places in the U.S.)
Cheers!
> There are 5 places named Killeen in Ireland. <
When I saw the headline, my first thought was that this was a story from Ireland (seriously).