Research

The Inniskillings Museum and the Lough Erne Landscape Partnership have been working in partnership to make the Inniskillings collection accessible to all through digitisation. The Access Inniskillings project will leave a legacy in terms of accessibility to information held by the museum for the public, genealogists, historians and families of former service personnel from the Lough Erne region who helped shape world history in the 18th and 19th century. In pursuit of protecting fragile archives while also enhancing public accessibility to the collection, the Museum has digitised over 18,000 images up to the year 1900. Through digitisation, the risks associated with handling the collection are significantly decreased.

Our new in-house database, known as ISMARTS, makes the digitised materials accessible to the public. The digitised volumes of the regimental magazine, the Sprig of Shillelagh, span from 1890 to 1968. These are invaluable sources of information about the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and stories of regimental life. The Inniskillings Museum has also digitised the early-twentieth-century editions of the Donegal’s Own, the journal of the 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and the War Diaries from the Great War. Please note that users cannot access biographical information or documents pertaining to individuals post-1900 through the Reading Room.

The Reading Room is available to book 11.00-13.00 and 14.00-16.00 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The facility is open to the public strictly by booking in advance. To book a slot, please use the booking system below, or send an email to info@inniskillingsmuseum.com to register your interest. All appointments must be approved by a member of staff in advance.