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For just €10 per annum you can become a “Friend of Draig Werdd” for 2016/17, and help us to continue to promote Wales, its politics, people and culture and to provide a focus for the Welsh community in Ireland.   As well as maintaining the website and issuing regular emails, we rely on your contributions to organise special functions during the year such as the St. David’s Day party.   The society has no membership fee, and relies on voluntary contributions for funding.

If you haven’t already done so this year, to become a Friend of Draig Werdd you may make an online donation securely via credit or debit card by going to http://www.welshsociety.ie/contact-us/ and clicking on the “Donate” button.

Many thanks.

Am ddim ond €10 y flwyddyn allwch chi ddod yn “Gyfaill y Ddraig Werdd” am 2016/17, i’n helpu ni i gynrychioli Cymru, ein gwleidyddiaeth, ein pobl a’n diwylliant ac i weithredu fel canolbwynt i’r gymdeithas Gymreig yn Iwerddon.  Yn ogystal â gofalu am y wefan ac yn dosbarthu negeseuon e-bost yn rheolaidd, rydyn ni’n dibynnu ar eich cyfraniad i drefnu gweithgareddau arbennig yn ystod y flwyddyn, fel y parti Gŵyl Dewi.  Nid oes tâl aelodaeth gan y gymdeithas, felly yr ydym yn dibynnu yn llwyr ar gyfraniadau gwirfoddol.

Os nad ydych chi wedi gwneud hynny eisoes eleni, i ddod yn Gyfaill y Ddraig Werdd gallwch gyfrannu ar-lein yn ddiogel drwy gerdyn credyd neu ddebyd wrth fynd i http://www.welshsociety.ie/cymraeg/ymunwch-a-ni/ ac yn clicio ar y botwm “Donate”.

Diolch yn fawr.

Just a reminder that our Welsh class for beginners is starting next week. 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 begins on Tuesday 17th January 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.

Draig Werdd is pleased to be able to announce that a Welsh language class for beginners will once again be held in Dublin in 2017. 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 begins on Tuesday 17th January 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.

The Dublin Welsh Society was in existence in the 1960s – out of it was formed the Dublin Welsh choir, which is still in existence and has just celebrated its 50th anniversary (www.dublinwelsh.com).   The society was a successor to the old St. David’s Society and pre-cursor (by several decades) of Draig Werdd.    The minutes of the society meetings have now been collected into a single document and can be viewed online by going to http://www.welshsociety.ie/features.  More information about the society and images of membership cards for 1964-65 and 1965-66 are also available at this location.

Roedd  Cymdeithas Gymreig Dulyn yn bodoli yn y 1960au – allan ohoni ffurfiwyd côr Cymry Dulyn, sydd yn dal i fodoli ac sydd newydd wedi dathlu ei ben-blwydd yn 50 oed (www.dublinwelsh.com). Roedd y gymdeithas yn olynydd i’r hen Gymdeithas Dewi Sant a rhagflaenydd (drwy sawl degawd) i’r gymdeithas Draig Werdd. Mae cofnodion cyfarfodydd y gymdeithas bellach wedi cael eu casglu mewn un ddogfen ac i’w gweld ar-lein drwy fynd i http://www.welshsociety.ie/cymraeg/diddordebau. Mae rhagor o wybodaeth am y gymdeithas a lluniau o gardiau aelodaeth ar gyfer 1964-1965 a 1965-1966 ar gael hefyd yn y lleoliad hwn.

Draig Werdd recently met with Dublin City Council to discuss plans for erection of the plaque on the old Welsh chapel in Talbot Street, Dublin.  The council’s Commemorative Naming Committee has agreed to the erection of a plaque, as have the owners of the building, and the plaque has been created and is currently stored in the council’s offices.  However, due to the exterior condition of the building (see photo below), the council committee needs to agree an appropriate location for the plaque and to consider whether any preparation work needs to be done on this location.  No date has yet been set for the next meeting of the committee, but we will keep you informed of developments.

Mae Draig Werdd wedi cwrdd yn ddiweddar gyda Chyngor Dinas Dulyn i drafod cynlluniau ar gyfer codi’r plac ar yr hen gapel Cymraeg yn Talbot Street, Dulyn. Mae’r Pwyllgor Coffa ac Enwi’r Cyngor wedi cytuno i godi plac, yn ogystal â pherchnogion yr adeilad, ac mae’r plac wedi ei greu ac yn cael ei storio ar hyn o bryd yn swyddfeydd y cyngor. Fodd bynnag, oherwydd cyflwr allanol yr adeilad (gweler y llun uchod), mae angen i’r pwyllgor y cyngor i gytuno ar leoliad addas ar gyfer y plac ac i ystyried a oes angen gwneud unrhyw waith paratoi ar y lleoliad hwn. Nid oes dyddiad eto wedi’i wneud ar gyfer cyfarfod nesaf y pwyllgor, ond byddwn yn eich hysbysu am ddatblygiadau.