by Inniskillings | Oct 22, 2018 | Gallery
The Forgotten Regiment: Enniskillen’s Third Regiment In 1688, people of Enniskillen and the surrounding countryside banded together to defend the town from attack by forces loyal to the Catholic King, James II. They declared their loyalty to the Protestant King...
by Inniskillings | Jul 1, 2018 | Gallery
The Rangers were formed out of three historic regiments which were based in Northern Ireland, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Ulster Rifles and Royal Irish Fusiliers. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Royal Ulster Rifles Royal Irish Fusiliers “Vesting Day” was 1st July...
by Inniskillings | Mar 18, 2018 | Gallery
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers’ 4th and then 3rd Battalions had their origins in the Tyrone Militia. Introduction In 1715, the Irish Militia was established by an Act of the Irish Parliament. This was because of the Stuart threat to the Hanoverian succession. At...
by Inniskillings | Aug 7, 2017 | Gallery
The 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was in 13th Brigade, 5th Division, from 30th November 1939 – 14th August 1944. The 2nd Inniskillings were reformed in 1937, after being disbanded in 1922. In 1940, they were in Belgium and France as part of the...
by Inniskillings | Aug 1, 2017 | Gallery
A charismatic and determined leader. Patrick Twohig was born and raised in Dublin, youngest son of John Patrick Twohig, and his wife Ellen, née O’Brien. He had three brothers and one sister. He attended Trinity College, Dublin, enrolling in 1920, and obtained a...
by Inniskillings | Jul 31, 2017 | Gallery
A famous soldier, politician and colonial governor from County Fermanagh. Lowry Cole was the second son of the first Earl of Enniskillen, William Willoughby Cole, of Florence Court, County Fermanagh. He was a great great great great grandson of Captain Sir William...
