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For those who are interested, Bryn Terfel will be giving a recital with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra in the National Concert Hall in Dublin on February 15, 2019.   Tickets range in price from €26 to €69 and may be purchased online at www.nch.ie.  The concert is likely to be sold out so early booking is advisable.

I’r rhai sydd â diddordeb, bydd Bryn Terfel yn canu gyda’r Gerddorfa Symffoni Genedlaethol RTE yn y Neuadd Gyngerdd Genedlaethol yn Nulyn ar 15 Chwefror, 2019. Mae tocynnau ar werth o € 26 i € 69 a gellir eu prynu ar-lein trwy www. nch.ie. Mae’n debygol y bydd y cyngerdd yn ei werthu allan felly bydd yn ddoeth i archebu yn gynnar.

To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Leinster on 10th October 1918, the National Maritime Museum of Ireland in Dun Laoghaire will be hosting a concert of male voice choral music at 8pm on 8th October 2018, featuring the Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir and Côr Meibion Goronwy from Anglesey.   This is one of a series of events in the area to commemorate the sinking of the ship.

Tickets cost €15 each and may be purchased online by going to the National Maritime Museum website at  https://www.mariner.ie/events/evening-presence-2-welsh-choirs-memory-rms-leinster.

I goffáu canmlwyddiant suddo’r RMS Leinster ar 10 Hydref 1918, bydd Amgueddfa Forwrol Genedlaethol Iwerddon yn Dun Laoghaire yn cynnal cyngerdd o gerddoriaeth côrau meibion am 8yh ar 8fed Hydref 2018, gyda’r Côr Meibion Cymry Dulyn a Chôr Meibion Goronwy o Ynys Môn. Dyma un o gyfres o ddigwyddiadau yn yr ardal i goffáu suddo’r llong.

Mae’r tocynnau yn costio € 15 yr un a gellir eu prynu ar-lein trwy fynd i wefan yr Amgueddfa Forwrol Genedlaethol ar https://www.mariner.ie/events/evening-presence-2-welsh-choirs-memory-rms-leinster.

Draig Werdd is pleased to be able to announce that following the success of the previous classes a further Welsh language class for people at 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 6.00pm to 7.30pm.

The course will use the Cwrs Mynediad book by the Welsh Joint Education Committee. It is advisable that prospective students have also tried the Duolingo Welsh English course that is available on-line and also on a smartphone app. The Duolingo course has now reached in excess of 1 million users. The course book to be used will be the Cwrs Mynediad (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 the 11th of 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.

We have as yet been unable to resolve the stalemate that has developed between Dublin City Council and the owners and tenants of the old Welsh chapel in Talbot Street, Dublin, which will enable a commemorative plaque to be erected on the building.  The plaque is currently held in storage by the council, who are however unwilling to erect it given the building’s current external condition (see photo below).   The council requires that a section of the external surface be properly prepared and painted for mounting of the plaque, but repeated attempts by ourselves and by the council to discuss this requirement with the owners and the current tenants have not been able to resolve the issue.

However, the building is now for sale, so whatever plans the new owners have for the building we are hopeful that they will co-operate in facilitating erection of the plaque – thanks to the earlier efforts of Draig Werdd the building now has protected status which will prevent the new owners from making changes to its original features.   We are meeting with the council shortly to discuss the new situation and to agree a plan of action in order to bring the project to a successful conclusion.  We will keep you informed of progress.

Hyd yma, nid ydym wedi gallu datrys y problemau sydd wedi datblygu rhwng Cyngor Dinas Dulyn a pherchnogion a thenantiaid yr hen gapel Cymraeg yn Talbot Street, Dulyn, a fydd yn galluogi codi plac coffaol ar yr adeilad. Ar hyn o bryd mae’r plac yn cael ei gadw gan y cyngor, sydd ddim yn barod i’w godi oherwydd cyflwr allanol presennol yr adeilad (gweler y llun uchod). Mae’r cyngor yn mynnu bod rhan o’r wal allanol yn cael ei baratoi’n iawn a’i baentio ar gyfer gosod y plac, ond mae’r ymdrechion parhaol ninnau a’r cyngor i drafod y gofyniad hwn gyda’r perchnogion a’r tenantiaid presennol wedi methu datrys y mater.

Fodd bynnag, mae’r adeilad bellach ar werth, felly beth bynnag yw’r cynlluniau sydd gan y perchnogion newydd ar gyfer yr adeilad, rydym yn obeithiol y byddant yn cydweithredu gyda ni i hwyluso codiad y plac – diolch i ymdrechion cynharach Draig Werdd mae’r adeilad bellach gyda statws gwarchodedig sydd yn atal y perchnogion newydd rhag newid y nodweddion gwreiddiol. Rydym yn cyfarfod â’r cyngor yn fuan i drafod y sefyllfa newydd ac i gytuno ar gynllun gweithredu er mwyn cael canlyniad llwyddiannus i’r cynllun.