Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a village as well as community in the Welsh area of Gwynedd. The community is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 virtually 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) eastern of Porthmadog, and had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, raised 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 neighborhood in Wales, with approximately 76% of the its citizens aged three years or older stating that they might speak Welsh. According to the most recent Estyn examination report of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of students come from residences where Welsh is talked. In an event in June 2011, with new English proprietors of the Royal Oak pub in Penrhyndeudraeth, clients left the bar in anger and were intimidated with an airgun after being informed to quit purchasing their drinks in Welsh. The pub ultimately had an adjustment of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and also Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held yearly at the Memorial Hall. The village is residence to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are several language traces of Old Welsh to be found in the name in the Penrhyndeudraeth location, such as "Pont Briwet/ Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" suggesting 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 track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (about "streets of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His popular band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their farewell cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
