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Enniskillen
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Enniskillen (ĕnĭskĭl`ən), town (1991 pop. 10,429), Fermanagh dist., SW Northern Ireland, on Cethlin's Island in the Erne River between Upper and Lower Loughs Erne. Farm produce is traded, and hosiery is manufactured. In 1689 the forces of William III defeated those of James II at Enniskillen.

Enniskillen

 or Inniskilling

Town (pop., 1995 est.: 11,000), seat of Fermanagh district, southwestern Northern Ireland. Situated on an island in the River Erne, it was a strategic crossing point of Lough Erne. Incorporated by English King James I, Enniskillen defeated a force sent by James II in 1689 and gained a reputation as a Protestant stronghold. Long a garrison town, it gave its name to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, both famous regiments of the British army. The town is an agricultural market.


Enniskillen (formerly), Inniskilling
a town in SW Northern Ireland, in Fermanagh, on an island in the River Erne: scene of the defeat of James II's forces in 1689. Pop.: 13 599 (2001)


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Scarlett was leading the two squadrons of Scots Greys and a squadron of Inniskilling Dragoons.
In 1878 there were eight Irish regiments of foot in the British Army: the Royal Irish Regiment, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Rifles, the Royal Irish Fusiliers, the Connaught Rangers, the Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
2 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 1 35 The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 1 19 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 1 24 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 1 25 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers 1 1 21.
 
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