Inniskilling

/ (ˌɪnɪsˈkɪlɪŋ) /

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noun

the former name of Enniskillen

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Words nearby Inniskilling

innholder, innidiation, innie, inning, innings, Inniskilling, innit, innkeeper, in no case, innocence, innocency

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How to use Inniskilling in a sentence

The reserves, however, held on, and the Inniskilling Fusiliers retook the trenches which the 57th had lost.
1914|John French, Viscount of Ypres
He was brought in and proved to be an Inniskilling Fusilier who had taken part in an attack some four or five weeks previously!
The Seventh Manchesters|S. J. Wilson
Here are a few instances taken haphazard from the records of one battalion alone, the 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
The Irish on the Somme|Michael MacDonagh
These men were, I think, Inniskilling Fusiliers, and they did everything for us that human kindness could suggest.
In the Line of Battle|Various

This was the capture of the hill known as Inniskilling, or Hart's Hill.
The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War|Cecil Francis Romer and Arthur Edward Mainwaring