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Tag: Welsh History
Boris Johnson in Wales: Clwyd South, 1997 (No, Really)
When you look at Boris Johnson, you would be wise to conclude that he’s not exactly a picture of Welshness. To many, he is a bastion of Etonian elitism and all which goes with it. Yet, did you know that, despite this, Boris Johnson ran as the Conservative Party candidate for Clwyd South (north Wales)…
The Translation of the Bible into Welsh
The translation of the Bible into Cymraeg (the Welsh language) saved and preserved it for generations.
Owain Lawgoch: The Lesser-Known Rebel
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 killed in France); they share a first name; were both notorious Welsh rebels and both just so happened to be claimants of the…
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 5th century AD and was a daughter (the twenty-third, to be exact) of King Brychan Brycheiniog of the early Welsh kingdom of Brycheiniog.…
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 Aylesford and is estimated to have taken place in AD 455? The battle was fought between the two sides with the warlord Gwrtheyrn…