Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a town and also area in the Welsh region of Gwynedd. The town is close to the mouth of the River Dwyryd on the A487 almost 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 neighborhood includes Minffordd and also Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking neighborhood in Wales, with approximately 76% of the its locals aged 3 years or older stating that they could speak Welsh. According to the current Estyn inspection report of the town's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils originated from homes where Welsh is talked. In an occurrence in June 2011, with new English proprietors of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, customers left the pub in anger and were endangered with an airgun after being told to quit getting their drinks in Welsh. The club ultimately had a modification of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and also Youth's Chaired Eisteddfod is held every year 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 name in the Penrhyndeudraeth area, such as "Pont Briwet/ Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" indicating 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 wrote a track, Strydoedd Aberstalwm (around "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the town. His popular band Y Tebot Piws also recorded their farewell album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
