Penrhyndeudraeth
Penrhyndeudraeth is a village as well as area in the Welsh area of Gwynedd. The town 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, enhanced from 2,031 in 2001. The neighborhood includes Minffordd and also Portmeirion. According to the 2011 Census, Penrhyndeudraeth is the 19th most Welsh-speaking community in Wales, with roughly 76% of the its locals aged 3 years or older mentioning that they could speak Welsh. According to the most recent Estyn assessment report of the town's primary school, Ysgol Cefn Coch, 79% of pupils originated from homes where Welsh is spoken. In a case in June 2011, with brand-new English property managers of the Royal Oak club in Penrhyndeudraeth, consumers left the pub in anger and were intimidated with an airgun after being informed to stop getting their drinks in Welsh. The pub ultimately had an adjustment of management. The Penrhyndeudraeth Children and Young People's Chaired Eisteddfod is held each year at the Memorial Hall. The town is residence to the Snowdonia National Park Authority head office. There are several language traces of Old Welsh to be discovered in the name in the Penrhyndeudraeth location, such as "Pont Briwet/ Briwet Bridge (Briwet is cognate with the Breton word "Brued" meaning 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 (around "roads of long ago"), in tribute to the village. His well-known band Y Tebot Piws likewise recorded their farewell album at Penrhyndeudraeth Memorial Hall in 2011.
