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Today is 13th September 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:

Dunluce Castle

Dunluce Castle is a shattered mediæval castle on the wild north coast of County Antrim. It stands perched on the edge of a basalt outcropping overlooking the Atlantic waves, between Portballintrae and Portrush, and is accessible by way of a bridge connecting it to the mainland.

The castle is surrounded by extremely steep drops on either side, which gave the castle in its day a seemingly impregnable position, as it did to predecessor forts on this spot back to earliest times; however it had no defence to the sea, which ultimately broke the castle, leaving it a shadow of the place from which Sorley Boy McDonnell ruled in the days of Elizabeth I. (Read more)

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