Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a town as well as neighborhood in the Welsh region of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 nearly 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Porthmadog, as well as had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, boosted from 2,031 in 2001. The area consists of Minffordd and also Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with about 76% of the its residents aged 3 years or older mentioning that they might talk Welsh. According to the most recent Estyn inspection record of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils originated from residences where Welsh is spoken. In an event in June 2011, with brand-new English property owners of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, clients left the bar in anger as well as were threatened with an airgun after being told to stop purchasing their drinks in Welsh. The bar subsequently had a change of monitoring. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children as well as Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held every year at the Memorial Hall. The town is residence to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are many language traces of Old Welsh to be discovered in the name in the Penrhyndeudraeth area, such as "Pont Briwet/ Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" indicating 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 song, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (approximately "streets of long ago"), in tribute to the town. His popular band Y Tebot Piws likewise recorded their goodbye cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
