Back Ċiricecuþbrihtsċīr ANG كيركيدبرايتشيري Arabic Kirkcudbrightshire CEB Kirkcudbrightshire German Kirkcudbrightshire English Kirkcudbrightshire French Cille Chuitbeirt GA Siorrachd Chille Chùithbeirt GD Kirkcudbrightshire KU Kircubriensis LA
Kirkcudbrightshire is a Scottish county on the Solway Firth in the south-west of Scotland.
Its county town is Kirkcudbright.
Kirkcudbrightshire was known by other names in the past: East Galloway because it is the eastern part of the old Kingdom of Galloway, and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, because it was once governed by a steward employed by the Lord of Galloway and not a sheriff appointed by the king.
Kirkcudbrightshire is named after the town of Kirkcudbright, which means "Cuthbert's church".