Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a town and 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 kilometres) east of Porthmadog, and also had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, increased from 2,031 in 2001. The neighborhood includes Minffordd and Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with roughly 76% of the its residents aged three years or older mentioning that they might talk Welsh. According to the most up to date Estyn assessment report of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils originated from residences where Welsh is spoken. In a case in June 2011, with new English proprietors of the Royal Oak pub in Penrhyndeudraeth, consumers left the club in anger and were threatened with an airgun after being told to quit getting their drinks in Welsh. The pub ultimately had a modification of monitoring. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and also Young People's Chaired Eisteddfod is held every year at the Memorial Hall. The town is house to the Snowdonia National Park Authority headquarters. There are several language traces of Old Welsh to be located 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 found near Ty 'n y Berllan, which date back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws wrote a tune, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (approximately "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His well-known band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their farewell cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
