History

Description Captain Dafydd Jones died in Mametz Wood in 1916, but his mother, Margaret Jones, kept all his letters, until her death. This is a uniq...

Description Dafydd ap Gwilym is Wales's most famous poet, who had an extremely rich vocabulary. This book shows how his poetry can be appreciated t...

Description A volume published to celebrate Professor Gwynedd O. Pierce's hundreth birthday in 2021.The volume contains 13 Welsh articles and 7 in ...

Description A study of the background and contribution of Twm Carnabwth, one of the leaders of the Becca movement in west Wales in the mid-19th cen...

Description This book is based on a collection of papers written between 1930 and 1953 by Syr Ifan and some of yr Urdd's Central Staff to a gentlem...

Description Following on from his volumes on the archaeology of north Wales, the Marches, and south-west Wales, this volume completes archaeologist...

ISBN: 9781845276911 Publication Date June 2019Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 215x138 mm, 304 pages Language: Welsh Fol...

Description In this volume, Rhys Mwyn chooses a dozen sites of archaeological and/or historical interest in north Wales, being hidden pearls that ...

Description A volume that looks at the past 100 years in the history of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (The Welsh League of Youth) while also looking forward t...

ISBN: 9781845275440 Publication Date November 2016Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 215x138 mm, 366 pages Language: Welsh...

Description Following recent enhanced interest in place-names, Rhian Parry walks the fields of the Ardudwy area to reveal the secrets behind the na...

Description A book that includes over 60 folk tales and a great deal of information about Welsh folk customs, according to area, including Cantre'r...

ISBN: 9781848518650 Publication Date October 2018Publisher: Gwasg Gomer, Llandysul Format: Hardback, 222x145 mm, 608 pages Language: Welsh To many,...

ISBN: 9781859946060 Publication Date April 2009Publisher: Cyhoeddiadau'r Gair, Chwilog Format: Paperback, 210x148 mm, 560 pages Language: Welsh Thr...

ISBN: 9781784613303 Publication Date December 2016Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont Format: Paperback, 249x170 mm, 400 pages Language: Welsh From Ivor...

Description In the dictionary, a 'hero' is described as a very brave person or someone who possesses incredible powers. Heroes are people who accom...

Description A volume that declares that the Welsh national flag is more than just an image and colours on a pole. As the use of the dragon reaches ...

ISBN: 9781845276546 Publication Date April 2018Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 150x155 mm, 208 pages Language: Welsh Ma...

Description Take a journey through five decades in the story of Mudiad Meithrin that provides Welsh-medium Early Years provision and is one of Wale...

Description A substantial collection of brand new and original prayers by Elfed ap Nefydd Roberts, comprising over 400 prayers prepared by the auth...

Description This is the first volume to portray the Welsh countryside in colour. It is a hardback, coffee table book, comprising 120 black and whit...

Description Cymru Gudd is a photographic volume about bygone eras, comprising images and stories about interesting locations in Wales - inactive bu...

Description The history of Manod, Blaenau Ffestiniog in the 1930s - the people, their interests, their work and way of life. The volume traces the ...

Description A Biblical exposition - prepared originally by Gareth Lloyd Jones - throwing light on the life and work of Moses of the Old Testament D...

Description A Biblical exposition - prepared originally by Gareth Lloyd Jones - throwing light on the life and work of Moses of the Old Testament. ...

Description Biography of Dic Penderyn, hanged for stabbing a soldier after the 1831 Merthyr Rising – a crime later confessed to by someone else – a...

ISBN: 9781859944950 Publication Date February 2019Publisher: Cyhoeddiadau'r Gair, Bangor Edited by Aled Davies Format: Paperback, 208x147 mm, 212 ...

ISBN: 9781845275594 (1845275594)Publication Date April 2016Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, LlanrwstFormat: Paperback, 150x155 mm, 128 pagesLanguage...

Description Before 1990 no-one knew that over a thousand Welsh legal documents were filed at the Welsh National Library. These probate documents co...