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There will be a free concert open to all (no tickets required) in St James’s Church of Ireland in Mallow on Sunday 4th May at 2.00pm.

The Welsh all-ladies choir Cân Aderyn Singers (‘birdsong’ in Welsh) will perform rock, pop, gospel and classical. This concert is part of the Cork International Choral Festival (now in its 70th year). St James’s is offering this free event to the people of Mallow and the surrounding area to enjoy some great music over the May bank holiday weekend.

The choir is from South Wales numbers over 70 members, and has performed at international rugby matches in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, as well as appearing with the touring cast of Back to Bacharach. Their performances are enjoyable, infectious and uplifting.

The Rector of Mallow Union of parishes, Rev Meurig Llwyd Williams, is delighted the choir is coming to Mallow. As a Welshman, he said it would be a particular pleasure to welcome a choir from his home country. ‘In Wales, when people get together, they tend to start singing – and it will be real thrill to welcome such an energetic group who will raise the roof and give us all something to celebrate’ he said.

It was a fine windy Friday when a group of us set off to climb Djouce from Ballinastoe Woods. Half-way up we came across two young women having a snack. Conversation ensued and we found that they were from Argentina and Germany. We responded that we were Irish, but I interjected that I was Welsh. “Ydych chi’n siarad Cymraeg?” said one of them.

A Welsh conversation followed and it transpired that Dianna Mancilla was from the Welsh colony in Patagonia.  She was delighted to find that there were Welsh speakers in Dublin and I was thrilled to have an unexpected Welsh conversation half-way up a Wicklow mountain.

Fellow walkers Joe and Caitlin have spent many summers exploring the Austrian Alps and were able to exchange some words of German with the other lass. So, a real polyglot gathering!

Dianna is continuing her European journey, but expects to be back in Dublin in November. She is looking forward to meeting up with more Welsh people then.

Gareth Llwyd Jones

‘Roedd hi’n ddiwrnod gwyntog a braf pan aeth grŵp ohonom allan i ddringo Dioghais (Djouce) o goedwig Ballinastoe. Hanner ffordd i fyny, daethom ar draws dwy fenyw yn cael tipyn o fwyd. Cawsom sgwrs ac fe wnaethon ni ddarganfod eu bod nhw’n dod o’r Ariannin a’r Almaen.  Wnaethon ni ymateb ein bod ni’n Wyddelod, ond fe wedais fy mod i’n Gymro. “Ydych chi’n siarad Cymraeg?” gofynnodd un ohonyn nhw.

Dilynodd sgwrs Gymraeg ac fe ddigwyddodd fod Dianna Mancilla yn dod o’r wladfa Gymreig ym Mhatagonia.  Roedd hi’n falch iawn i glywed bod siaradwyr Cymraeg yn Nulyn, ac roeddwn i wrth fy modd i gael sgwrs Gymraeg annisgwyl hanner ffordd i fyny mynydd yn  Wicklow.

‘Roedd ein cyd-gerddwyr Joe a Caitlin wedi treulio sawl haf yn archwilio Alpau Awstria, ac roedden nhw’n gallu cyfnewid rhai geiriau o Almaeneg gyda’r ferch arall. Felly casgliad polyglot go iawn!

Mae Dianna yn parhau a’i thaith Ewropeaidd, ond mae’n disgwyl bod yn ôl yn Nulyn ym mis Tachwedd. Mae hi’n edrych ymlaen at gwrdd â mwy o Gymry pryd hynny.

Gareth Llwyd Jones

The Eblana Club in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin is celebrating St. David’s Day on Saturday evening, 1st March with a Welsh evening of music, chat, food and drink.  Musical entertainment will be provided by the Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir and there will be plenty of Welsh cakes available for everyone there.  The evening begins with a wine reception at 7pm, so if you’re in Dublin on St. David’s Day come along and celebrate our national day in the company of other Welsh people.  The Eblana Club is located at 3, Eblana Avenue in Dun Laoghaire.   For more information, contact the club via their website at https://dunlaoghaireclub.ie.

And if you’re in Dublin city centre on the morning of March 1st, Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir will also be celebrating St. David’s Day by singing at the top of Grafton Street from 11am to midday, so drop by and give them your support.

Bydd Clwb Eblana yn Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dulyn yn dathlu Dydd Gwyl Dewi nos Sadwrn, Mawrth 1af gyda noson Gymreig o gerddoriaeth, sgwrs, bwyd a diod. Darperir adloniant cerddorol gan Gôr Meibion ​​Cymry Dulyn a bydd piciau ar y maen ar gael i bawb yno. Mae’r noson yn dechrau gyda derbyniad gwin am 7pm, felly os ydych chi yn Nulyn ar Ddydd Gŵyl Dewi dewch draw i ddathlu ein diwrnod cenedlaethol yng nghwmni Cymry eraill. Mae Clwb Eblana wedi’i leoli yn 3, Eblana Avenue yn Dun Laoghaire. Am fwy o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â’r clwb drwy eu gwefan ar https://dunlaoghaireclub.ie.

Ac os ydych chi yng nghanol dinas Dulyn ar fore Mawrth 1af, bydd Côr Meibion ​​Cymry Dulyn yn dathlu Dydd Gŵyl Dewi trwy ganu ar ben Stryd Grafton o 11am tan ganol dydd, felly galwch heibio a rhowch eich cefnogaeth iddyn nhw.

Good news about the Welsh chapel in Dublin – thanks to the efforts of  Declan Kelly, the outside of the chapel has been cleaned up through the removal of the graffiti and old paint which had covered it and the surface repainted. The original Welsh Church inscription has also been uncovered. Declan has done a wonderful job on that so many thanks to him.

We will be contacting Dublin City Council shortly to discuss the possibility of erecting the plaque which was created in 2016 but not erected at the time due to the condition of the building.  We’ll post a status update on the website when available.

A history of the chapel can be found on the Features page of our website.

Newyddion da am y capel Cymraeg yn Nulyn – diolch i ymdrechion Declan Kelly, mae tu allan y capel wedi ei lanhau trwy gael gwared ar y graffiti a’r hen baent oedd wedi ei orchuddio a’r gwaliau wedi ei ail-baentio. Mae’r geiriau ‘Welsh Church’ hefyd wedi’i ddadorchuddio. Mae Declan wedi gwneud gwaith gwych ar hynny felly rydyn ni’n ddiolchgar iawn iddo.

Byddwn yn cysylltu â Chyngor Dinas Dulyn yn fuan i drafod y posibilrwydd o godi’r plac a gafodd ei greu yn 2016 ond na chafodd ei godi ar y pryd oherwydd cyflwr yr adeilad. Byddwn yn postio diweddariad ar y wefan gyda’r datblygiadau.

Mae hanes y capel i’w gael ar dudalen Erthyglau ar ein gwefan.