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2. National Eisteddfod of Wales - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Urdd National Eisteddfod - Wikipedia

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   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]

4. Llwyn Isaf - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Isycoed - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. Theatr Cymru - Wikipedia

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   Theatr Cymru, formerly Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, is the Welsh-language national theatre company of Wales, and was founded in 2003. The company is known for regularly touring a diverse range of theatre across the length and breadth Wales, including new writing, musicals, site-specific work, and classic plays.

7. Y Lle Celf - Wikipedia

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   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.

8. Eisteddfod - Wikipedia

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   In Welsh culture, an eisteddfod [a] is an institution and festival with several ranked competitions, including in poetry and music. [2]: xvi The term eisteddfod, which is formed from the Welsh morphemes: eistedd, meaning 'sit', and fod, meaning 'be', [3] means, according to Hywel Teifi Edwards, "sitting-together."

9. Chairing of the Bard - Wikipedia

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   The custom of chairing the bard is, however, much older than the modern eisteddfod ceremony, and is known to have taken place as early as 1176. [2] The chairing ceremony of the 1958 National Eisteddfod; the victorious poet was T. Llew Jones [3] The chair posthumously awarded to Taliesin o Eifion at the Wrexham Eisteddfod in 1876 [4]