Inniskilling

/ (ˌɪnɪsˈkɪlɪŋ) /

noun

the former name of Enniskillen

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Example sentences from the Web for inniskilling

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
These men were, I think, Inniskilling Fusiliers, and they did everything for us that human kindness could suggest.
In the Line of Battle|Various
While this reconnaissance was going on I climbed up Inniskilling Hill to examine the trenches.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria|Winston Spencer Churchill
One day a man of the Inniskilling Fusiliers played a trick on the Turkish sentry.
With the Zionists in Gallipoli|John Henry Patterson

Inniskilling Hill was still crowned with the enemy, though they no longer showed above their trenches.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria|Winston Spencer Churchill

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