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Today is 2nd April 2026 .

Wikishire is where you may find the best of Britain and Ireland.

Wikishire is where you are; whether you are on the Shetland islands or the South Shetland Islands, or the places between, Wikishire is a growing guide on all you need to know about the British and Irish lands.

Tell the world what you love about your home. Each shire, from Kent to Kerry is here, with ever-growing detail; if your town or village is not in Wikishire, or if something important is missed out, then log on, then -

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To begin, you can peruse the list of counties of the UK or Republic of Ireland, or even go directly to a random page! To accompany the encyclopædia we also have an interactive map of the counties of the British Isles. We also have Resources for GIS including KML files and postcode lookup tools.

Today's featured image is:

Dryburgh Abbey, Berwickshire

Dryburgh Abbey

Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh in Berwickshire, stands in a loop in the River Tweed opposite St Boswells. The abbey was nominally founded at Martinmas in 1150 for the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland. The canons along with their first abbot, Roger, arrived on 13 December 1152.

The abbey flourished in the fifteenth century until finally destroyed in 1544 during the Rough Wooing. Its revival was snuffed out by the Reformation, when the King granted its lands to the Earl of Mar. (Read more)

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Few things stay still for long, and here you can keep updating or improving the articles. A wiki is a constant work in progress.