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<span style="font-size:150%">'''Wikishire'''</span> is where you may find the best of Britain and Ireland. | |||
<span style="font-size:150%">'''Wikishire'''</span> is where you may find the best of Britain and Ireland | |||
'''Wikishire''' | '''Wikishire''' is where you are; whether you are on <!--[[File:Macareux3.jpg|38px]]-->the [[Shetland]] islands or <!--[[File:Pygoscelis papua.jpg|38px|]]-->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 [[County Kerry|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 - | Tell the world what you love about your home. Each shire, from [[Kent]] to [[County Kerry|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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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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BagenalstownBagenalstown is a small town on the River Barrow in County Carlow. It is also known for official purposes by the Irish language name 'Muine Bheag', reflected in that of the townland, Moneybeg. Walter Bagenal, later Lord Walter Bagenal, decided to build a town on the site, named 'New Versailles' and ambitiously modelled after Versailles in France. However, shortly after the building began the coach route from Dublin was changed, crossing the River Barrow at Leighlinbridge instead. Bagenal abandoned his plans, having built only a courthouse and not until the arrival of the railway in 1846 could the settlement grow into a town. (Read more) |