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 virtually 3 miles (4.8 km) eastern of Porthmadog, as well as had a population of 2,150 at the 2011 census, boosted from 2,031 in 2001. The community includes Minffordd as well as Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with approximately 76% of the its locals aged three years or older specifying that they could talk Welsh. According to the current Estyn examination record of the town's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils originated from homes where Welsh is talked. In a case in June 2011, with new English landlords of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, clients left the club in anger and also were threatened with an airgun after being told to stop getting their drinks in Welsh. The bar ultimately had a modification of monitoring. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and also Youngster's Chaired Eisteddfod is held annually at the Memorial Hall. The town is home to the Snowdonia National Park Authority headquarters. There are many language traces of Old Welsh to be located in the place names 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 found near Ty 'n y Berllan, which date back to the Bronze Age. Penrhyndeudraeth's Alun 'Sbardun' Huws composed a song, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (approximately "streets of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His popular band Y Tebot Piws additionally recorded their farewell cd at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
