Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a small town as well as area in the Welsh region 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, as well as had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, enhanced from 2,031 in 2001. The neighborhood consists of Minffordd and also Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking area in Wales, with approximately 76% of the its citizens aged three years or older mentioning that they could talk Welsh. According to the most up to date Estyn inspection report of the town's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils come from homes where Welsh is spoken. In an event in June 2011, with brand-new English property owners of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, customers left the club in anger and also were threatened with an airgun after being informed to stop ordering their drinks in Welsh. The pub consequently had an adjustment of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and Young People's Chaired Eisteddfod is held each year at the Memorial Hall. The town is house to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are numerous language traces of Old Welsh to be discovered in the place names 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 found near Ty 'n y Berllan, which date back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws composed a track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (approximately "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His well-known band Y Tebot Piws additionally recorded their farewell cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
