Wednesday, January 12, 2011

BLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDA ETO! Events In Welsh History To Commemorate and Celebrate in 2011.


Old New Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the 20th and 21st centuries, the Old New Year falls on January 13/14. ... As in most countries which use the Gregorian calendar, New Year's ...
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For Wales, Gwaun Valley Traditions see via below link:


1 Jan 2011 ... YMGYRCH TREFTADAETH CENEDLAETHOL CYMRU. Continuing the Cymric Consciouness Campaigning of Cofiwn in Defence of our Historical Heritage and ...
ymgyrchtreftadaeth.blogspot.com/ - Cached

So what's worth commemorating this year, kicking off with:

Dydd Santes Dwynwen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dydd Santes Dwynwen, literally meaning 'Day of Saint Dwynwen' in Welsh, is considered to be the Welsh equivalent to Valentine's Day and is celebrated on 25 ...
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A Fuller Listing Follows:

Cilmeri Commemoration - Adfywiad Cilmeri 2007,8,9,2010 & 11 ...

- 19:41
First off in the new year is a call to patriots to commemorate the start on 28 Ionawr of theLlywelyn Bren Revolt of 1316 at the gates of Caerffili Castle ...
coffadcilmeri.blogspot.com/.../commemorations-2007-information.html - Cached

Selective Events Further Detailed, one for the South and the North West and another for the North East:

Llywelyn Bren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

- 19:38
Jump to The beginning of the revolt: the siege of Caerffili (Caerphilly ...‎: On January 28, 1316,Llywelyn began the revolt by a surprise attack ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llywelyn_Bren - Cached - Similar

THE WELSH PATRIOT.: Cymru 1345: A St Valentines Day Massacre.

- 3 visits - 3 Jan
10 Feb 2007 ... Following on the Llywelyn Bren Southern Insurrection of 1315 –16 and ... at this time, were not to be the signal for a Welsh revolt. ...
welshpatriot.blogspot.com/.../cymru-1345-st-valentines-day-massacre.html -Cached - Similar

Owain Glyndwr Communicates.: 6 March 1406: The Death of Hywel Gwynedd.

5 Jan 2007 ... 6 March 1406: The Death of Hywel Gwynedd. OWAIN GLYNDŴR COMMUNICATES A news &Information Service – please inform us of any Glyndŵr interest ...
owain-glyndwr-embassyllysgenhadaeth.blogspot.com/.../6-march-1406-death-of-hywel-gwynedd.html - Cached

ONE FOR RADICALS RALLYING AGAINST THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS AND WAG CUTS, Forward with C.O.R.N. Cymru Onward Revolt Now!

  1. HWB HANES CYMRU/WELSH HISTORY HUB: BEFORE REBECCA: THECORN RIOTS ...

    - 2 visits - 07/12/2010
    2 Dec 2010 ... ell as urban developments north of Swansea.Llangyfelach also ... Neither was that the end of Swansea and the Corn riots, in April 1801 ...
    hwbhanes.blogspot.com/.../come-join-corn-party-cymru-onward.html -Cached
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    Riotous community:

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    Swansea in 1766, addressed to 'the Honnered Magistrates and Elders', was directed against the .... marched on the house of William John ofLlangyfelach, a ..... In the Beaumaris corn riots in 1728, one of the 'furious' townswomen 'hitt ...
    earlymodernweb.org/archive/riotous_community.pdf
Welsh Republican Interests:

WELSH REPUBLICANS AGAINST MONARCHY

9 Jan 2011 ... WELSH REPUBLICANS AGAINST MONARCHY. In Assistance to politically the Challenged and Confused Retro and Romantic 'Welsh Republican' debris in ...
ramrepublicansagainstmonarchy.blogspot.com/ - Cached

For Radical Left Commemorations, seek Info from following blog posts:

  1. RED REMEMBRANCER

    - 37 visits - 4 Jan
    RED REMEMBRANCER. A Welsh Radical PLatform: containing information on history of peoples popular and radical political struggles in Wales, ...
    redremembrancer.blogspot.com/ - Cached - Similar
  2. RED REMEMBRANCER: WELSH SOCIALIST HISTORY 'GWYNEDD GOCH': THE ...

    - 4 visits - 4 Jan
    19 Sep 2010 ... If Herian is not concerned about such history in the north, then Gwynedd needs some 'Red Remembrancers' of it's own for promotion of 'Gwaith ...
    redremembrancer.blogspot.com/.../welsh-socialist-history-gwynedd-four.html - Cached
  3. RED REMEMBRANCER: FOTO FEATURE: TONYPANDY RIOTS 1910 - 2010 ...

    - 5 visits - 11/11/2010
    15 Sep 2009 ... RED REMEMBRANCER. A Welsh Radical PLatform: containing information on history of peoples popular and radical political struggles in Wales, ...
    redremembrancer.blogspot.com/.../foto-feature-tonypandy-riots-1910-2010.html -Cached - Similar
  4. Welsh Remembrancer.: REMEMBER 3 JUNE: CASTLE INN MASSACRE MERTHYR ...

    - 6 visits - 4 Jan
    1 Jun 2009 ... RED REMEMBRANCER: Insurrection 1831: Annual Commemoration? Commemorate the Merthyr 'Red Commune' 1831: In time it would be great to see a ...welshremembrancer.blogspot.com/.../remember-3-june-castle-inn-massacre.html -Cached - Similar
      1. RED REMEMBRANCER: LLANELLI RIOTS 1911 to be commemorated 2011.

        - 4 visits - 11 Jan
          1. 18 Apr 2010 ... LLANELLI councillors have backed moves to commemorate the centenary ...The 1911 riots saw two innocent men shot dead by the Army and four . ...
              1. redremembrancer.blogspot.com/.../llanelli-riots-1911-to-be-commemorated.html - Cached
              1. WELSH SOCIALIST HISTORY: THE 'BATTLE OF CINDER HILL' - RED ...

                - 6 visits - 4 Jan
                18 Sep 2010 ... The 'Battle of Cinder Hill', Rhosllanerchrugog 1830 makes a good potential Companion Commemoration to Merthyr 1831 also Llanidloes and ...
                redremembrancer.blogspot.com/.../battle-of-cinder-hill-rhosllanerchrurog.html - Cached
    1. RED REMEMBRANCER

      - 37 visits - 4 Jan
      Note: * 100th Anniversary of Llanelli Riots. .... RED REMEMBRANCER: MERTHYR TUDFUL THE FUTURE, this is what is to be ... 27 Oct 2009 . ...
      redremembrancer.blogspot.com/ - Cached - Similar

      25 Oct 2010 ... THE AMLWCH TROUBLES 1817 'FOUR WEEKS OF LAWLESSNESS' A Popular Revolt More Deserving Of Our Attention, It Is Time To Remember Peasants, ...
      cofiwn.blogspot.com/.../amlwch-troubles-1817-four-weeks-of.html -Cached
    2. RED REMEMBRANCER: MAY DAY 2011: THINKING AHEAD! To The 100th ..

      20 Jul 2010 ... RED REMEMBRANCER. A Welsh Radical PLatform: containing information... To The 100th Anniversary Of The Llanelli Riots 1911 - 2011: National ...redremembrancer.blogspot.com/.../may-day-2011-thinking-ahead-to-100th.html - Cached
    3. RED REMEMBRANCER: ADVANCE NOTICE ANNIVERSARIES and COMMEMORATIVE ...

      - 3 visits - 03/12/2010
      1 Oct 2010 ... RED REMEMBRANCER. A Welsh Radical PLatform: containing information.... Llanelli Railway Strike Riots 1911 Centenary Commemorative Committee ...redremembrancer.blogspot.com/.../advance-notice-of-anniversaries-and.html - Cached

      IMPORTANT TO CULTURAL NATIONALISTS WILL BE THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF PENYBERTH 1936:

      1. On 8 September 1936 the bombing school building was set on fire and in the ... fomio ("the burning of the bombing school") or Tân yn Llŷn ("Fire in Llŷn"), ...
        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penyberth - Cached - Similar
      2. 1936 in Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

        - 3 visits- 4 Jan
        This article is about the particular significance of the year 1936 to Wales ...
        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_in_Wales - Cached - Similar
      3. Llosgi'r Ysgol Fomio - The Burning of the Bombing School:: OS grid ...

        7 Mar 2007 ... Llosgi'r Ysgol Fomio - The Burning of the Bombing School. In September1936 Saunders Lewis and two other Plaid Cymru members, ...
        www.geograph.org.uk/photo/356846 - Cached - Similar

        Perhaps more important to Socialists would be:

        RED REMEMBRANCER: THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR: 75th ANNIVERSARY1936 ...

        20 Sep 2010 ... Wales and the Spanish Civil War: The Dragon's Dearest Cause . ... A view of the history of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, ...
        redremembrancer.blogspot.com/.../spanish-civil-war-75th-anniversaries.html - Cached
      THE REALLY IMPORTANT ONE - 45th Anniversary of Aberfan Disaster 1966, all Patriots this year make special effort to visit to place tributes and do take your children:
27 Oct 2009 ... COFIWN 21 HYDREF 1966 ABERFAN REMEMBERED 2009: A Foto Tribute to a Terrible Welsh Tragedy. . Pentre Aberfan. . . Aberfan Cemetery. ...
welshremembrancer.blogspot.com/.../cofiwn-
21-hydref-1966-aberfan.html - Cached - Similar

Perhaps one to forget:

  1. Welsh Remembrancer.: INVESTITURE 1911 & 1969: Some History Through ...

    16 Jun 2009 ... Photographs and memorabilia from the 1911 investiture of Prince Edward as Prince of Wales and the 1969investiture of Prince Charles as ...
    welshremembrancer.blogspot.com/.../investiture-1911-1969-some-history.html - Cached
  2. Alternative Welsh Nationalist Archive: The Anti -Investiture ...

    - 12 visits - 20/12/2010
    26 Apr 2007 ... The Anti - Investiture Struggle 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969. ... achitect of the 1911 Investiture (and later Black & Tan terror in Ireland) ...
    awnms.blogspot.com/2007/.../anti-investiture-struggle-1966-1967.html - Cached
The Investiture of the Prince of Wales took place at Carnarvon Castle on the 13th. July1911. Edward, of course, went on to become King Edward VIII, ...
www.carnarvontraders.com/investiture.html - Cached - Similar

Also interestingly in this year of Referendum for more powers for WAG, is the founding in Carmarthen of the Nationalist League for Home Rule.

1911 in Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

- 5 visits - 22:09
A Welsh Nationalist League is founded at Carmarthen to campaign for Home Rule. Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas drafts the memorandum giving copyright status to ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911_in_Wales - Cached - Similar

Then there's this:

Tredegar Anti-Jewish Riots of 1911 - JewishGen

27 May 2005 ... Evans, Neil - The South Wales riots of 1911. (Llafur, 3, 1980). Glaser, Anthony - The Tredegar Riots of August 1911. ...
www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/community/.../history_riots.htm - Cached - Similar

G.Gruffydd.