Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a town and also area in the Welsh area of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 almost 3 miles (4.8 km) eastern of Porthmadog, and also had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, raised from 2,031 in 2001. The neighborhood includes Minffordd and also Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking neighborhood in Wales, with around 76% of the its homeowners aged three years or older mentioning that they might speak Welsh. According to the latest Estyn evaluation record 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 brand-new English proprietors of the Royal Oak pub in Penrhyndeudraeth, consumers left the pub in anger and were intimidated with an airgun after being informed to stop ordering their drinks in Welsh. The club subsequently had a change of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and also Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held yearly at the Memorial Hall. The village is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are lots of language traces of Old Welsh to be located 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 found near Ty 'n y Berllan, which go back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws wrote a song, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (around "streets of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His well-known band Y Tebot Piws additionally recorded their goodbye album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.