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Draig Werdd member Gareth Jones has produced a pictorial mountain memoir that illustrates over 60 years of mountain exploration and adventure.  It starts in Wales, moves to Ireland and illustrates over fifty walks from Wicklow to Kerry, from Clare to Mayo and from Donegal to Down, as well as treks in the UK, Europe and America.

This book not only records the changes in the mountains but chronicles inter alia various hill walking groups including the Saturday Walkers and the” Old Farts” hiking groups – that he still treks with.

Gareth lives in Dublin with his wife Sheila and is a geologist specialising in microfossils and geothermal energy. He has spent a lifetime climbing mountains and exploring caves.

RRP €26. Draig Werdd price €23 + P&P, €6 in ireland. Orders to:

Gareth Ll. Jones, 5 Kennington Crescent, Templeogue, Dublin 6W, Ireland. D6W PV22

+353868118882           conodate@mac.com

Mae’r aelod Draig Werdd Gareth Ll. Jones wedi cynhyrchu cofiant darluniadol sy’n goleuo dros 60 mlynedd o archwilio mynyddoed ac antur.  Mae’n cychwyn yng Nghymru, yn symud i Iwerddon ac yn dangos dros hanner cant o deithiau cerdded o Wicklow i Kerry, o Clare i Mayo ac o Donegal i Down, yn ogystal â theithiau cerdded yn Mhrydain, Ewrop ac America.

Mae’r llyfr hwn nid yn unig yn cofnodi’r newidiadau yn y mynyddoedd ond yn croniclo, ymhlith pethau eraill, grwpiau cerdded bryniau amrywiol gan gynnwys y Saturday Walkers ac yr “Old Farts” – y mae’n dal i gerdded gyda nhw.

Mae Gareth yn byw yn Nulyn gyda’i wraig Sheila, ac mae’n ddaearegwr sy’n arbenigo mewn micropaleontoleg ac ynni geothermal. Mae wedi treulio oes yn dringo mynyddoedd ac yn archwilio ogofau.

PMA €26. Pris Draig Werdd €23 + P&P, €6 yn yr Iwerddon. Gorchmynion i:

Gareth Ll. Jones, 5 Kennington Crescent, Templeogue, Dublin 6W, Ireland. D6W PV22

+353868118882           conodate@mac.com

 

A new series of the Welsh documentary series ‘Cynefin’ is in preparation for broadcast on S4C. Usually ‘Cynefin’ visits areas in Wales to discuss their history but they are considering crossing the Irish sea for a special programme this series. One location under consideration is Dublin and the producers wish to know if any of our members that live there would be happy to have a chat about the city and their connections to it.

If you would like to take part, please email info@welshsociety.ie and we will forward your details to the producers.

Mae cyfres newydd o’r gyfres boblogaidd ‘Cynefin’ yn cael ei pharatoi i’w darlledu ar S4C. Fel arfer mae ‘Cynefin’ yn ymweld ag ardaloedd yng Nghymru ond rydyn nhw’n ystyried croesi’r mor ar gyfer rhaglen arbennig y tro hwn. Un syniad ydi ymweld â Dulyn ac mae’r cynhyrchwyr yn eisiau gwybod a fyddai unrhyw un o’n haelodau sy’n byw yno yn hapus i gael sgwrs am y ddinas a’u cysylltiadau â hi.

Os hoffech gymryd rhan, anfonwch e-bost at info@welshsociety.ie ac anfonwn eich manylion ymlaen at y cynhyrchwyr.

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.

 

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.