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100 Welsh Heroes was an opinion poll run in Wales as a response to the BBC's 100 Greatest Britons poll of 2002. It was carried out mainly on the internet, starting on 8 September 2003 and finishing on 23 February 2004. The results were announced on 1 March (St David's Day) 2004 and subsequently published in a book. [1]
Pages in category "Lists of Welsh people" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... 100 Welsh Heroes; A. List of Welsh Americans; B. Bishop of ...
In 2004, she came 100th in the on-line poll to find 100 Welsh Heroes with a total of 37 votes. In 2006 her book A Woman's Work is Never Done , originally printed in 1952, was reprinted following a revival in her work by Glenys Kinnock . [ 8 ]
In 2004, he was named one of the top 100 Welsh heroes. [33] In 2005 he was made an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University. [34] In 2006 Weston and dual code (Rugby league and Rugby union) international David Watkins were installed as patrons of the Wales Rugby League, in a ceremony held in the Welsh Assembly.
Owain ap Gruffydd (c. 1354 – 20 September 1415), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr (Glyn Dŵr, pronounced [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr], anglicised as Owen Glendower) was a Welsh leader, soldier and military commander in the late Middle Ages, who led a 15-year-long Welsh revolt with the aim of ending English rule in Wales.
100 Welsh Heroes; I. List of Welsh inventions and discoveries; List of Welsh inventors; S. List of Welsh saints; List of sheriffs of Meirionnydd in the 15th century; W.
This is a list of Welsh people (Welsh: rhestr Cymry); an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales.. Historian John Davies argues that the origin of the Welsh nation can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic or other Celtic languages seem to have been spoken in Wales since much earlier.
Gwrhyr Gwalstawd Ieithoedd; "Gwrhyr, Interpreter of Languages" is a hero and shapeshifter of early Welsh literature and mythology and a warrior of King Arthur's court at Celliwig. He appears most prominently in the early Arthurian tale Culhwch and Olwen, in which he is handpicked among Arthur's knights to accompany Culhwch on his quest to win ...