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The Flooding of Llyn Eigiau in 1925
The flooding of Llyn Eigiau devastated the Conwy village of Dolgarrog. Llyn Eigiau began as a natural lake, formed thousands of years ago by glaciers carving out the surrounding valleys of Eryri….
The Injustice of Dic Penderyn
The legacy of Dic Penderyn (1807/8– 13 August 1831), a coalminer from Merthyr Tydfil who was cruelly hanged on the gallows outside of Cardiff Gaol, remains intact to this day. Dic Penderyn,…
Welsh Place Names with Pandy
This excellent map dots each location throughout Cymru containing the name “pandy”, the Welsh word for a fulling mill. For those unaware, fulling mills and fulling is an essential aspect of the…
Titanic & the Welsh
More than 1,500 people lost their lives aboard the Titanic nearly 114 years ago. It is a little-known fact that around a dozen of this number were Welsh people. Many people aboard…