Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a town as well as neighborhood in the Welsh region of Gwynedd. The community is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 nearly 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) east of Porthmadog, and also had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, boosted from 2,031 in 2001. The area includes Minffordd as well as Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with roughly 76% of the its homeowners aged three years or older stating that they could talk Welsh. According to the latest Estyn examination report of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils originated from houses where Welsh is spoken. In an occurrence in June 2011, with new English property owners of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, consumers left the pub in anger and also were threatened with an airgun after being informed to stop purchasing their drinks in Welsh. The club subsequently had an adjustment of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children as well as Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held yearly at the Memorial Hall. The village is residence 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" 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 wrote a track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (approximately "streets of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His popular band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their goodbye cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
