Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a village and neighborhood in the Welsh area of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 virtually 3 miles (4.8 km) eastern of Porthmadog, as well as had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, enhanced from 2,031 in 2001. The neighborhood includes Minffordd as well as Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with approximately 76% of the its locals aged three years or older stating that they can talk Welsh. According to the latest Estyn assessment record of the town's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils come from homes where Welsh is spoken. In an incident in June 2011, with brand-new English property owners of the Royal Oak pub in Penrhyndeudraeth, consumers left the club in anger and also were threatened with an airgun after being told to quit ordering their drinks in Welsh. The bar ultimately had an adjustment of administration. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and Young People's Chaired Eisteddfod is held annually at the Memorial Hall. The town is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are lots of language traces of Old Welsh to be located in the name in the Penrhyndeudraeth area, such as "Pont Briwet/ Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" meaning bridge). Remains of old huts can be discovered near Ty 'n y Berllan, which date back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws wrote a song, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (approximately "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the town. His widely known band Y Tebot Piws additionally recorded their farewell cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.