Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a town and community in the Welsh area of Gwynedd. The community is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 nearly 3 miles (4.8 km) eastern of Porthmadog, and also had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, enhanced from 2,031 in 2001. The neighborhood consists of Minffordd and Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking neighborhood in Wales, with roughly 76% of the its locals aged three years or older mentioning that they might speak Welsh. According to the latest Estyn inspection report of the town's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils originated from houses where Welsh is spoken. In an incident in June 2011, with new English property managers of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, clients left the club in anger and also were endangered with an airgun after being informed to quit buying their drinks in Welsh. The bar consequently had a modification of administration. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children as well as Young People's Chaired Eisteddfod is held every year at the Memorial Hall. The village is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority headquarters. There are many language traces of Old Welsh to be discovered 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 track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (approximately "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His widely known band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their goodbye album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
