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Author: Niklas George
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Caradog & Rome: The Ancient Briton Who Dared to Resist Rome
More than a millennium before the Uprising led by Owain Glyndŵr against English rule, there was the Brythonic resistance led by Caradog (more commonly known as Caratacus) against the might of imperial Rome. Who Was Caradog (Caratacus)? Caradog was a first century AD ancient Briton and chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe (who were most present…
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Beaumaris Castle
Edward I’s Unfinished Castle Construction on Beaumaris Castle began in 1295 on the orders of Edward I (often stylised as Edward Longshanks) in the town of Biwmares (English: Beaumaris) on Ynys Môn in Cymru. While the castle today stands as a testament to high medieval military architecture, its history is entwined with Edward I’s strategy…
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The Tragic Case of Gwenllian of Wales
It was on this day (7 June 1337) when Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn (not to be confused with the earlier Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd, the “Warrior Princess), the daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (often remembered as Llywelyn “the Last“, the last native Prince of Wales), passed away in Sempringham Priory, Lincolnshire, at 54 years of age. Who…
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19th Century Irish Migration to Wales
It was during the 1840s when ‘an Gorta Mór‘, the Irish famine known as the “Great Hunger“, devastated Ireland and led to the drastic and tragic depopulation of the island which it, even today, has still not recovered from. Irish migration to Wales during the 19th century was almost certainly the result of the famine…
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