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In 2023 the Eisteddfod was held in Carmarthenshire and the 2024 Eisteddfod in Meifod, Powys attracted a record-breaking 100,454 registrations to compete. [10] Eisteddfod yr Urdd Dur a Môr 2025 will be held in Margam Park, Port Talbot, before visiting Anglesey (Ynys Môn) in 2026 and Newport for the first time ever in 2027. [citation needed]
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 ]
Another important eisteddfod in the calendar is Eisteddfod Yr Urdd or the Youth Eisteddfod. Organised by Urdd Gobaith Cymru , it involves young Welsh people from nursery age to 25 in a week of competition in singing, recitation , dancing, acting and musicianship during the summer half-term school holiday.
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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 ...
Comparable to the eisteddfod but without the ancient roots, the Mòd is a festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture. There are both local mods and an annual national Mòd, the Royal National Mòd , which take the form of formal competitions, with choral events and traditional music including fiddle , bagpipe and folk groups.
Investment strategists surveyed by Bankrate see the 10-year Treasury yield at 4.14 percent at the end of December 2025. That’s up from the third-quarter 2024 prediction of 3.53 percent, but ...