I do sometimes wonder just how aware the later rebel/freedom fighter, Owain Glyndŵr, was of his earlier namesake, Owain Lawgoch. They were near-contemporaries (Glyndŵr was already in his mid-20s when Lawgoch was…
The Christian Origins of “Merthyr Tydfil”
Did you know that the Welsh town of Merthyr Tydfil has Christian origins and gets its name from a (possibly historical) legendary figure named Tydfil? Tydfil, according to legend, lived in the…
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd & Cilmeri (1282)
The reign of Llywelyn was mostly troubled by a rivalry with Dafydd. By 1258, Llywelyn was using the title “Prince of Wales”, something King Henry of England
Aylesford: The First Battle Between the Welsh & English
Did you know that the first major battle between the ancient Britons (the predecessors of the Welsh) and the Anglo-Saxons (predecessors of the English) is widely believed to be the Battle of…
Titanic Anniversary: Welsh Aboard the Titanic
As I write this blog, I think about the more than 1,500 people who lost their lives aboard the Titanic exactly 113 years ago. Death does not discriminate – it comes for…