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Welcome to Wikishire
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Today is 9th December 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. We also have Resources for GIS including KML files and postcode lookup tools.

Today's featured image is:

The River Devon in a glen in the Ochils, in Perthshire

River Devon, Clackmannanshire

The River Devon is a tributary of the River Forth which flows through three counties; Perthshire, Kinross-shire and Clackmannanshire, in which latter county it discharges into the Forth.

Robert Burns wrote two lyrical songs about the river: The Banks of the Devon and Fairest Maid on Devon Bank. (Read more)

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What is a wiki?

A wiki is a collaborative website with certain standard functions allowing easy editing of pages by anyone. At Wikishire, you may log on and start work right away.

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