Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a small town and also neighborhood in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 virtually 3 miles (4.8 km) eastern of Porthmadog, and also had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, increased 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 about 76% of the its homeowners aged three years or older stating that they might speak Welsh. According to the current Estyn inspection record of the village's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of students come from houses where Welsh is spoken. In an event in June 2011, with brand-new English proprietors of the Royal Oak pub in Penrhyndeudraeth, consumers left the bar in anger as well as were endangered with an airgun after being informed to quit ordering their drinks in Welsh. The bar ultimately had a modification of administration. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children as well as Youth'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 area, such as "Pont Briwet/ Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" meaning bridge). Remains of old huts can be discovered near Ty 'n y Berllan, which go back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws composed a tune, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (roughly "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His widely known band Y Tebot Piws likewise recorded their goodbye album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
