The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot Size:A3 gouache and ink pigment by

gouache and ink pigment by Barbara Renton Wood  Limited Edition Print from an original by Barbara Renton Wood

a detachment of the 51st stationed in support and concealed by brushwood cautiously opened fire

Initially placed in reserve

One of a series of i-phone Hipstamatic images - Close cropped composition of woodland

The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot Size:A3 gouache and ink pigment byThe 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot The history of the regiments began in 1688 when the inhabitants of Enniskillen took up arms in defense of their island town against the threat of occupation by the forces of catholic James II. The spelling of the towns name is derived from the Irish Inis Ceithleann (Ceithlenn's island) which has been anglicised many times over the centuries with Inniskilling the spelling at the time the two regiments were