Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a small town and also 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 km) east of Porthmadog, and had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, boosted from 2,031 in 2001. The area consists of Minffordd as well as Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking area in Wales, with approximately 76% of the its locals aged 3 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 occurrence in June 2011, with brand-new English property owners of the Royal Oak bar in Penrhyndeudraeth, customers left the bar in anger and were endangered with an airgun after being informed to quit buying their drinks in Welsh. The pub ultimately had an adjustment of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children as well as Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held annually at the Memorial Hall. The town is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are many 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" implying 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 wrote a song, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (roughly "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His well-known band Y Tebot Piws additionally recorded their goodbye cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
