Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a village and neighborhood in the Welsh region of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 virtually 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) eastern of Porthmadog, and also had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, raised from 2,031 in 2001. The area consists of Minffordd and also Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with approximately 76% of the its residents aged 3 years or older specifying that they might talk Welsh. According to the current Estyn examination report of the town's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils originated from residences where Welsh is talked. In an occurrence in June 2011, with brand-new English landlords of the Royal Oak pub in Penrhyndeudraeth, clients left the club in anger and were threatened with an airgun after being told to quit buying their drinks in Welsh. The club subsequently had a modification of monitoring. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children as well as Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held annually at the Memorial Hall. The town is residence to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are several 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 date back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws created a track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (about "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the town. His widely known band Y Tebot Piws likewise recorded their goodbye cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
