Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a small town and neighborhood in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 virtually 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) eastern of Porthmadog, as well as had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, increased from 2,031 in 2001. The area includes Minffordd and also Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with approximately 76% of the its homeowners aged 3 years or older stating that they can speak Welsh. According to the most up to date Estyn examination report of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of students come from houses where Welsh is spoken. In an event in June 2011, with new English landlords of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, consumers left the bar in anger and also were endangered with an airgun after being told to quit purchasing their drinks in Welsh. The pub consequently had a change of administration. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children as well as Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held yearly at the Memorial Hall. The town is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are several language traces of Old Welsh to be discovered in the place names 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 located near Ty 'n y Berllan, which date back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws composed a track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (around "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His well-known band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their farewell album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
