Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a small town and also area in the Welsh region of Gwynedd. The community is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 virtually 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) east of Porthmadog, as well as had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, boosted from 2,031 in 2001. The neighborhood consists of Minffordd as well as Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking area in Wales, with around 76% of the its citizens aged 3 years or older mentioning that they might talk Welsh. According to the latest Estyn inspection report of the town's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of students come from homes where Welsh is talked. In an event in June 2011, with new English proprietors of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, customers left the club in anger and were threatened with an airgun after being told to quit ordering their drinks in Welsh. The pub consequently had a change of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held each year at the Memorial Hall. The village is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority headquarters. There are numerous language traces of Old Welsh to be discovered in the place names in the Penrhyndeudraeth location, such as "Pont Briwet/ Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" implying bridge). Remains of old huts can be located near Ty 'n y Berllan, which go back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws created a track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (around "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His well-known band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their goodbye cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
