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Today is 15th August 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:

Valley of the Tomb

The Valley of the Tomb runs out beneath Longwood on the island of St Helena. It is so named because Napoleon Bonaparte, in exile on St Helena, was buried here after his death on 5 May 1821.

In accordance with his last wishes, Napoleon was interred on 9 May 1821 near a spring, in what was then known as the Valley of the Geranium, laid beneath a plain slab. Nineteen years later the Emperor's body was removed and reinterred in Paris, but the tomb remains. The valley is owned by the French government. (Read more)

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