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Cofiwch Dryweryn!

The History Show on RTE Radio 1 last Sunday 24th September told the story of the controversial drowning of the Tryweryn valley near Bala in northern Wales in the 1960s in order to construct a reservoir to provide water to Liverpool.  You can listen to the programme at any time by going to https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/the-history-show/programmes/2023/0924/1407015-the-history-show-sunday-24-september-2023/ . The programme uses music which relates to Tryweryn, and also includes Dafydd Iwan’s ‘Yma o Hyd’, which has been recorded by Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir, available on Spotify etc.

If you’d like to hear the story of Tryweryn in more detail, there is an 8-part podcast called ‘Drowned’ available on BBC Sounds at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f245q6.


‘Roedd y rhaglen ‘History Show’ ar RTE Radio 1 nos Sul diwethaf 24ain Medi yn adrodd hanes dadleuol boddi Cwm Tryweryn ger y Bala yng ngogledd Cymru yn y 1960au er mwyn adeiladu cronfa ddŵr i weinyddu Lerpwl. Gallwch wrando ar y rhaglen unrhyw bryd drwy fynd i https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/the-history-show/programmes/2023/0924/1407015-the-history-show-sunday-24-september-2023/.  Mae’r rhaglen yn defnyddio cerddoriaeth sy’n ymwneud â Thryweryn, ac mae hefyd yn cynnwys ‘Yma o Hyd’ gan Dafydd Iwan, sydd wedi ei recordio gan Gôr Meibion Cymry Dulyn, ar gael ar Spotify ayb.

Os hoffech chi glywed hanes Tryweryn yn fwy manwl, mae podlediad 8-rhan o’r enw ‘Drowned’ ar gael ar BBC Sounds ar https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f245q6.

 

Welsh people in Ireland 1901 / Cymry yn Iwerddon 1901

After contacting us earlier this year for assistance in preparing an Open University dissertation on Welsh people in Ireland in 1901 (see our news post from 16 April 2023), Michael Seery has now completed his work based on the 1901 Census, with a focus mostly on Dublin.   Called “What was the extent of socio-economic and cultural integration of Welsh people in Ireland in 1901?”, the OU have made it available online for public access at https://oro.open.ac.uk/92425/.  Michael has generously acknowledged the assistance that Draig Werdd – the Welsh Society in Ireland was able to provide in preparing the work.


Ar ôl cysylltu â ni yn gynharach eleni am gymorth i baratoi traethawd hir i’r Brifysgol Agored ar y Cymry yn Iwerddon yn 1901 (gweler ein post newyddion o 16 Ebrill 2023), mae Michael Seery bellach wedi cwblhau ei waith (yn Saesneg) yn seiliedig ar gyfrifiad 1901, gyda ffocws yn bennaf ar Ddulyn.  Gyda’r enw “What was the extent of socio-economic and cultural integration of Welsh people in Ireland in 1901?”, mae’r Brifysgol Agored wedi sicrhau ei fod ar gael ar-lein i’r cyhoedd ar https://oro.open.ac.uk/92425/. Mae Michael wedi cydnabod yn hael y cymorth a roddodd Draig Werdd – the Welsh Society in Ireland iddo fe wrth baratoi’r gwaith.

 

Digwyddiad Cloi LIVE Closing Event 12/5/23

The LIVE Project, which has been running for the past 3 years, is coming to a close, and they are inviting their Irish and Welsh friends to join them in  Co. Kerry, on Friday, 12th May 2023, for a day to talk about their work, outputs, and the future of regenerative tourism on the Iveragh and Llŷn peninsulas.

More information and registration on their website at https://www.ecomuseumlive.eu/live-final-event

Mae’r Prosiect LIVE, sydd wedi bod yn rhedeg am y 3 blynedd diwethaf, yn dod i ben, ac maen nhw’n gwahodd eu ffrindiau Gwyddelig a Chymreig i ymuno â nhw yn Swydd Kerry, ar ddydd Gwener 12 Mai 2023, am ddiwrnod i siarad am eu gwaith, eu cynnyrch, a dyfodol twristiaeth adfywiol ar benrhyn Iveragh a Llŷn.

Mwy o wybodaeth a chofrestru ar eu gwefan ar https://cy.ecomuseumlive.eu/live-final-event

 

Welsh in Dublin / Cymry yn Nulyn

Michael Seery is researching the Welsh in Ireland in 1901 based on the 1901 Census, and is focussing on Dublin, as part of a dissertation he is doing for the Open University module “The making of Welsh History”. Most of the focus is on socio-cultural integration and the maintenance of Welsh identity among the Welsh community, looking at comparable studies in Liverpool and elsewhere.  He is exploring occupations, where the Welsh lived, and who they married or lived with.

To augment this he would love to hear any stories or folklore that may exist among the Welsh community in Dublin, particularly relating to themes of identity – Welsh-focussed gatherings or incidental tales relating to any aspect of “Welshness”.  He is mostly interested in the period around 1901 but not exclusively.  Anyone who is able to share anything in this area can contact Michael via email at info@welshsociety.ie.

Michael wrote about the Welsh Chapel in Dublin a few years ago which piqued his interest in this community (https://wideandconvenientstreets.wordpress.com/2020/07/29/the-welsh-chapel-on-talbot-st/)

Mae Michael Seery yn ymchwilio i’r Cymry yn Iwerddon yn 1901 yn seiliedig ar Gyfrifiad 1901, ac yn canolbwyntio ar Ddulyn, fel rhan o draethawd hir y mae’n ei wneud ar gyfer modiwl y Brifysgol Agored “The making of Welsh History”. Mae’r rhan fwyaf o’r ffocws ar integreiddio cymdeithasol-ddiwylliannol a chynnal hunaniaeth Gymreig ymhlith y gymuned Gymreig, gan edrych ar astudiaethau tebyg yn Lerpwl a mannau eraill. Mae’n archwilio galwedigaethau, lle’r oedd y Cymry’n byw, a gyda phwy y buont yn priodi neu’n byw.

I ychwanegu at hyn byddai wrth ei fodd yn clywed unrhyw straeon neu lên gwerin a all fodoli ymhlith y gymuned Gymraeg yn Nulyn, yn enwedig yn ymwneud â themâu hunaniaeth – cynulliadau â ffocws Cymreig neu chwedlau achlysurol yn ymwneud ag unrhyw agwedd ar “Gymreictod”. Mae’n ymddiddori’n bennaf yn y cyfnod tua 1901 ond nid yn unig. Gall unrhyw un sy’n gallu rhannu unrhyw beth yn y maes hwn gysylltu â Michael drwy e-bost ar info@welshsociety.ie.

Ysgrifennodd Michael am y Capel Cymraeg yn Nulyn ychydig flynyddoedd yn ôl a oedd yn ennyn ei ddiddordeb yn y gymuned hon (https://wideandconvenientstreets.wordpress.com/2020/07/29/the-welsh-chapel-on-talbot-st/)