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To mark the centenary of the death of Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, who was killed on the battlefields of Flanders on 31 July 1917, you are cordially invited to a special performance of Y Gadair Wag (The Empty Chair / An Chathaoir Fholamh) at the Irish Writers Centre, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin, on Wednesday 13 September 2017.   This is a free event – go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/y-gadair-wag-the-empty-chair-an-chathaoir-fholamh-tickets-37067974309 to register your attendance.  The evening is held in association with the Irish Writers Centre and Poetry Ireland.

Bringing together poetry, film and experimental techniques, this new show by Ifor ap Glyn, National Poet of Wales, explores themes of loss and identity through the life and work of Hedd Wyn and other poets of the First World War, including Irish poet Francis Ledwidge.

Featuring:

Ifor ap Glyn, National Poet of Wales

Nerys Williams

Tom French

Directed by: Ian Rowlands

Digital Artist: Jason Lye-Phillips

Y Gadair Wag forms part of the wider Barddoniaeth Colled | Poetry of Loss project, delivered by Literature Wales and funded by the Welsh Government’s Cymru’n CofioWales Remembers 1914-1918 First World War Centenary Programme.

I nodi can mlynedd ers marwolaeth Hedd Wyn, a laddwyd ar faes y gad yn Fflandrys ar 31 Gorffennaf 1917, fe’ch gwahoddir i berfformiad arbennig o Y Gadair Wag yn yr Irish Writers Centre, 19 Parnell Square, Dulyn, ddydd Mercher 13 Medi 2017. Mae hwn yn ddigwyddiad rhad ac am ddim – ewch i https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/y-gadair-wag-the-empty-chair-an-chathaoir-fholamh-tickets-37067974309 i gofrestru.  Cynhelir y noson ar y cyd â’r Irish Writers Centre a Poetry Ireland.

Mae’r sioe newydd hon gan Ifor ap Glyn, Bardd Cenedlaethol Cymru, yn cyfuno barddoniaeth, ffilm a thechnegau theatr amlgyfrwng i drafod themâu meges colled a hunaniaeth drwy fywyd a gwaith Hedd Wyn a beirdd eraill o gyfnod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf, gan gynnwys Francis Ledwidge.

Gydag: Ifor ap Glyn, Bardd Cenedlaethol Cymru / Nerys Williams / Tom French

Cyfarwyddwr: Ian Rowlands

Artist Digidol: Jason Lye-Phillips

Mae Y Gadair Wag yn rhan o brosiect Barddoniaeth Colled | Poetry of Loss, a weinyddir gan Llenyddiaeth Cymru, ac a ariennir gan Rhaglen Canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru Cymru’n Cofio Wales Remembers 1914-1918.

Draig Werdd is pleased to be able to announce that for the first time a Welsh language class for people that wish to progress beyond the beginner’s level will be held in Dublin this autumn. The class will be taught by Richard Morgan and will take place in Gael Linn, 35 Dame Street, Dublin 2 on Tuesday evenings from 6.30 to 8pm.  The course will assume that students have substantially completed the Cwrs Mynediad book and have also made significant progress on the Duolingo Welsh English course that is available on-line and also on a smartphone app. The course book to be used will be the Cwrs Sylfaen (South Wales version), which is available on the internet via Amazon, Book Depository, GWales and other websites. The course will also include well known poetry, hymns and short passages of text as appropriate.

The class begins on Tuesday 5th September and will run for 10 weeks. The cost of the course will be €80 for full-time students, €100 for Draig Werdd members and €120 for all others. Classes will be limited to a maximum of 8 participants.

If you are interested in attending the class please send an email with your details to welshclass@welshsociety.ie and Richard will get back in contact with you to give you the necessary details.

BBC Radio Cymru is considering a visit to Dublin on Sunday, 1st October or Monday, 2nd October to record the Welsh language discussion programme Hawl i Holi.  Information on the programme (in Welsh) is available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007rkxm.

The production team are looking for an audience of around 20-30 people – Welsh speakers, learners or members of the Welsh society with an interest in the programme. A panel of four will join presenter Dewi Llwyd for a topical discussion.  If you would like to be involved, please let us know by sending an email to info@welshsociety.ie.

Mae rhaglen drafod Hawl i Holi BBC Radio Cymru’n ystyried ymweld â Dulyn ar nos Sul, 1af Hydref neu nos Lun, 2il Hydref.   Mae gwybodaeth am y rhaglen ar gael ar http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007rkxm.

Bydd panel o bedwar yn ymuno â’r cyflwynydd Dewi Llwyd i drafod rhai o bynciau’r dydd.  Mae’r tim cynhyrchu’n chwilio am gynulleidfa o ryw 20 – 30 o bobl – siaradwyr Cymraeg, dysgwyr neu aelodau o’r gymdeithas Gymraeg hoffai fod yn rhan o’r noson.  Os hoffech ymuno â’r recordiad, fedrwch chi adael i ni wybod trwy anfon e-bost at info@welshsociety.ie.

Further to our earlier post about visiting the National Eisteddfod in Anglesey in August, there has been some interest in organising a group visit for those interested in making the trip.  Day returns, at €15 each, are only available on the Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of the week of the Eisteddfod (7, 9 & 10 August) – the advertised €6.50 fare is only available on Tuesdays and is already sold out on 8 August.  Cheap day returns are not available on Fridays and Saturdays.

In this case, we are proposing to visit the Eisteddfod on Monday 7 August (the August Bank Holiday in Ireland), when the ceremony of the crowning of the bard will be taking place at 16.30 in the Eisteddfod pavilion.   The travel schedule is as follows:

08.20 sailing from Dublin port to Holyhead (arrives 11.50)
12.06 bus from Holyhead railway station to Bodedern School (arrives 12.36).  The Eisteddfod field is a short walk from here
18.28 bus from Bodedern school to Holyhead railway station (arrives 18.59).
20.30 sailing from Holyhead to Dublin port (arrives 23.45).

There is some car parking available at Dublin port for €9 per day.  Alternatively a bus service runs at 07.15 from Westmoreland Street in Dublin city centre to the port at a cost of €3.  However, there is no return bus service meeting the 23.45 arrival from Holyhead.

If you are interested in travelling, send an email to info@welshsociety.ie.  Ferry tickets will need to be purchased individually.  This may be done online at https://www.stenaline.ie/ferries-to-britain/day-trips/dublin-holyhead-superferry.

Yn bellach i’n neges gynharach am ymweld â’r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol ym Môn ym mis Awst, bu rhywfaint o ddiddordeb mewn trefnu ymweliad grŵp ar gyfer nifer sydd â diddordeb mewn teithio. Mae tocynnau dychwelyd diwrnod, €15 yr un, ar gael ar y dydd Llun, dydd Mercher a’r dydd Iau yn unig ar wythnos yr Eisteddfod (7, 9 a 10 Awst) – mae’r pris €6.50 a hysbysebwyd ar gael ar ddydd Mawrth yn unig ac maen nhw eisoes wedi gwerthu allan ar 8 Awst. Nid yw tocynnau dychwelyd diwrnod ar gael o gwbl ar ddydd Gwener a dydd Sadwrn.

Yn sgil hwn, rydym yn cynnig ymweliad i’r Eisteddfod ar ddydd Llun 7 Awst (Gŵyl Banc Awst yn Iwerddon), pryd y bydd y seremoni coroni’r bardd yn cael ei chynnal am 16.30 yn y pafiliwn. Mae’r amserlen teithio fel a ganlyn:

08.20 hwylio o Ddulyn i Gaergybi (cyrraedd 11.50)
12.06 bws o orsaf reilffordd Caergybi i Ysgol Bodedern (yn cyrraedd 12.36). Mae maes yr Eisteddfod yn daith fer o fan hyn
18.28 o Ysgol Bodedern i orsaf reilffordd Caergybi (yn cyrraedd 18.59).
20.30 hwylio o Gaergybi i Ddulyn (yn cyrraedd 23.45).

Mae lle parcio ar gyfer ychydig o geir ar gael ym mhorthladd Dulyn am €9 y dydd. Fel arall, mae gwasanaeth bws yn rhedeg am 07.15 o Stryd Westmoreland yng nghanol dinas Dulyn i’r porthladd am €3. Yn anffodus, nid oes gwasanaeth bws yn cwrdd â’r fferi sy’n cyrraedd 23.45 o Gaergybi.

Os oes gennych ddiddordeb mewn ymuno â ni, anfonwch e-bost at info@welshsociety.ie. Bydd angen prynu tocynnau unigol i’r fferi. Gall hyn gael ei wneud ar-lein ar https://www.stenaline.ie/ferries-to-britain/day-trips/dublin-holyhead-superferry.

The National Eisteddfod of Wales is taking place from 4-12 August at Bodedern in Anglesey, not far from Holyhead.  If you’re interested in travelling from Ireland to visit this celebration of Wales and the Welsh language, Stena Line are offering a day return from Dublin to Holyhead for €6.50 and there is a bus available to take you from the ferry port to the Eisteddfod field.   More information on the Eisteddfod itself is available at http://www.eisteddfod.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/14522%20Eisteddfod%20A6%20Brochure_V4.pdf.

Mae’r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru yn cael ei gynnal o 4-12 Awst ym Modedern yn Ynys Môn, nid rhy bell o Gaergybi. Os oes gennych ddiddordeb mewn teithio o Iwerddon i ymweld â’r dathliad hwn o Gymru a’r iaith Gymraeg, mae Stena Line yn cynnig tocynnau dydd o Ddulyn i Gaergybi am €6.50 ac mae yna hefyd bws ar gael i fynd â chi o’r porthladd i faes yr Eisteddfod. Am fwy o wybodaeth am yr Eisteddfod ei hun ewch i http://www.eisteddfod.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/14522%20Eisteddfod%20A6%20Brochure_V4.pdf.