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Tag: Wales
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 young, old, male, female and, yes, even class. It is a little-known fact that multiple Welsh people died with the RMS Titanic. Whereas…
I Discovered This Story About the Last Old Candle Maker—What Happened to the Craft?
Did you know that the art of candle making by specific candle makers has been a time-honoured craft for centuries in Wales? It was used in
I Found Welsh Flag & Badges from Around the World That Made Me Appreciate Our History
We are everywhere! I think a Welsh man found America! You should all be speaking Welsh! I love the Welsh flag!
Hywel ap Cadel/Hywel Dda (?-950 AD)
Hywel ap Cadel, perhaps more commonly known as Hywel Dda (Hywel “the Good”), was originally the Welsh King of Deheubarth before coming to rule over most of Cymru, including Gwynedd, in his lifetime. Hywel Dda was a skilled politician who succeeded in usurping the Kingdom of Gwynedd from Idwal Foel and his children, Iago and…
This Clever Trick Welsh Women Used to Defeat the French in 1797 Will Amaze You
Battle of Fishguard: It was around 2 a.m. on February 23rd when the French had succeeded in landing ashore with 17 boatloads of troops