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However the National Eisteddfod of Wales as an organisation traces its history back to the first event held in 1861, in Aberdare. [10] [11] One of the most dramatic events in Eisteddfod history was the award of the 1917 chair to the poet Ellis Humphrey Evans, bardic name Hedd Wyn, for the poem Yr Arwr (The Hero). The winner was announced, and ...
Eisteddfod yr Urdd flag, early 1930's The festival at Bala in 1954.. The first Urdd National Eisteddfod was held in 1929 at Corwen. [1] Originally held over two days, the festival has grown in recent times into a week-long celebration of competition and socialising. [1]
The Wrexham Library is to the green's northern side, [2] leading it to also be called the "Library Field". [3] The field is popular with students from nearby Yale College. [1] The field has a bandstand that is also popular with the city's students. [2] The 1912 Wrexham National Eisteddfod [2] and the 2025 Wrexham National Eisteddfod [4] were ...
It lies around 5 miles to the east of Wrexham, close to the River Dee on the border with England. [2] [3] [4] There is a primary school in Bowling Bank, and a late-Georgian church, dedicated to St. Paul, in Isycoed village, [5] which was designated as a Grade II listed building on 20 June 1996. It will be the location of the 2025 Wrexham ...
The National Eisteddfod crown was first awarded in 1867. [6] The crowning ceremony is presided over by the Archdruid, who invites one of the judges to read the adjudication and judges' comments before announcing the identity of the bard, using only the pen name that the winner has used when submitting the work. Up to this point, no one knows ...
Wrexham has announced plans for a new 5,500-capacity Kop Stand at its Racecourse ground, a key stadium renovation project under celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. The club said ...
Y Lle Celf's temporary pavilion at Abergavenny in 2016. Y Lle Celf (Welsh for 'The Art Place', Welsh pronunciation: [ə ɬɛ kɛlv]) is an annual art, craft and architecture exhibition held during the National Eisteddfod of Wales, claimed to be the biggest temporary art exhibition in Europe.
3 February – A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a student at Amman Valley School in Carmarthenshire is found guilty of attempted murder. [34]4 February – Welsh Conservatives leader Darren Millar and his colleague Russell George miss a Senedd vote on the Eluned Morgan government's budget for 2025–26 because they have travelled to the United States for the annual National ...