One Town, Three Regiments

The Water Gate at Enniskillen Castle

Enniskillen has a unique accolade in being the only town in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Ireland to give its name to more than one regiment.

Tiffin’s Foot.
Formally absorbed into the Williamite Army in 1689, Tiffin’s Foot fought at the Boyne in 1690 and Aughrim in 1691, and then in Flanders with King William’s army in the 1690s. After a short period in Ireland, the Regiment was sent to the West Indies from 1701 to 1706. In 1751, it was named the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot. In 1881, this regiment amalgamated with the 108th Regiment of Foot to become the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Lloyd’s and Hamilton’s Regiments of Foot were disbanded in 1692.

Conynham’s Dragoons.
This regiment fought at the Boyne in 1690 and Aughrim in 1691. It remained in Ireland in the 1690s and early 1700s. It left Ireland in 1708 and was not back for 100 years. The regiment was named the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons in 1751. In 1922, the regiment amalgamated with the 5th Dragoon Guards to become the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.

Whynn’s Dragoons.
James Whynn’s Enniskillen Regiment of Dragoons was named the Royal Dragoons of Ireland in 1704, and in 1751 re-named the 5th Regiment of Dragoons of Ireland, then the 5th (Royal Irish) Dragoons. It was disbanded in 1799.

The Inniskillings Museum is part of a ambitious project to consolidate the regimental museum footprint in Northern Ireland to tell the UNTOLD Stories of the Irish in the British Army. Find out more here:

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