... Wales/Cymru The national flag of Wales (Welsh: Baner Cymru or Y Ddraig Goch) is a red dragon against a green and white ... Merlin (Myrddin). Merlin prophesied to King Vortigern (Welsh: Gwrtheyrn) of Wales that the red dragon, being the symbol of the Celts, ...
Alastair Kneale - Jan 18 2014 - 4:03pm - 0 comments
... silent as the country remembered the Aberfan disaster . Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones had called on the people of Wales to pause ... have been today. Flags are flying at half mast from The Welsh Assembly and a book of condolence has been opened in the Senedd. Other ...
Mair Williams - Oct 21 2016 - 11:42am - 0 comments
... (1808 – 13 August 1831) also known as Richard Lewis, was a Welsh labourer and coal miner who lived in Merthyr Tydfil. He was involved with ... Home Secretary Lord Melbourne refused wanting to teach these Welsh rebels a lesson. Yesterday, 13th August, was the anniversary on the ...
Mair Williams - Aug 14 2017 - 8:03pm
... day and St Patrick’s day, the national days for the Scots, Welsh, English and Irish respectively, fall upon a weekday they get extensive ... the Protection of National Minorities alongside the Irish Welsh and Scots. I have asked the One Show for several years running, ...
Myghal Map Serpren - Mar 13 2015 - 1:35pm - 0 comments
... and this time the visit to present colours to the Royal Welsh Regiment did go ahead. According to the some of the Welsh media thousands of onlookers turned out to cheer the Queen and one paper ...
Myghal Map Serpren - Jun 18 2015 - 4:39pm - 0 comments
... to the Isle of Lewis as part of the highly successful Welsh band Jamie Smith's Mabon. The popular festival, which has clinched an ... life in 1999, with their exploration of dynamic, traditional Welsh and Celtic dance music. These days their output is largely based on ...
Valerie Caine - Jul 14 2015 - 7:07pm - 0 comments
... how the Irish were impressed with the everyday use of the Welsh by the workmen in the camp. Classes were organised not only for Irish but for Welsh. He said many locals in the Frongoch area were sympathetic to the Irish. ...
Alastair Kneale - May 7 2016 - 7:37pm - 0 comments
... and talent from Dublin’s finest folk miscreants Lynched, Welsh superstars Calan, exceptional Cornish singer-songwriter Kezia, and ... Calan will captivate you with their fresh new approach to Welsh trad. They’ll be taking to the stage to open the festival on Wednesday ...
Alastair Kneale - Feb 19 2016 - 9:14pm - 0 comments
... signed was handed into the Petitions Committee of the Welsh Assembly (WA) calling for a ban on the UK armed forces from entering ... children is demonstrated by this publication of the Welsh Government about tackling deprivation in schools. On page 37 there is ...
Myghal Map Serpren - Jun 17 2015 - 8:34pm - 0 comments
... I would ask, as a matter of urgency, what steps the Welsh Assembly government is taking to address these concerns? The ... for the Prevention of Torture that conditions in some Welsh prisons failed to meet criteria set out in the UN ‘Beijing Rules’. It ...
Alastair Kneale - May 12 2018 - 12:39pm