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Today is 25th June 2024 .

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 - Add it and Edit 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.

Today's featured image is: The Forth and Clyde Canal at Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Forth and Clyde Canal The Forth and Clyde Canal opened in 1790 as a canal crossing the Central Lowlands in order to provide a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, at the narrowest part of the Lowlands. The canal is thirty-five miles long and it runs from the River Forth near Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, to the River Clyde at Bowling, Dunbartonshire. It also has a spur through Glasgow and in its day it had an important basin here at Port Dundas. Successful in its age, the canal suffered as the seagoing vessels were built larger and could no longer pass through. The railway age further impaired the success of the canal, and in the 1930s decline had ended in dormancy. It is now primarily used by leisure boats. (Read more)

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