Inniskillings to Enniskillen.

Before the 1st Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers departed Kinsale for Enniskillen, the principal citizens presented a farewell address to the Battalion, which included:

'We, the inhabitants of Kinsale, on the occasion of your vacating the station, desire to express our appreciation of the general good conduct of the men, and the friendly feeling which has existed between the military and the civilians during your long sojourn here. ... We now bid you farewell, and trust the colours of the Inniskillings will be borne triumphantly in the present as in the past.'

On 13 January 1897, Battalion Headquarters and four companies arrived at Enniskillen by rail from Kinsale. As usual, the townspeople, showing their affection and loyalty to their Regiment, turned out in strength and gave them a tumultuous welcome. Amidst the pealing of church bells, the cheers of the people and the roar of the guns from the Fort Hill, the Inniskillings marched to their barracks and were led through the streets by many pensioners of the 27th.