Stories tagged "Anglesey": 8
Stories
Mynydd Twr
Cynefin, cynefinoedd
habitat,
accustomed, conversant, familiar, intimate
Hiraeth
grief, homesickness, longing, nostalgia, wistfulness
-Geiriadur Prifysgol Bangor University
Cynefin. Roots. Familiarity. The pull that breeds Hiraeth…
Holyhead in Focus
Holyhead is the largest town on Holy Island, Anglesey. The town is best known for its role as a major seaport and it boasts an over 200-year old ferry link with Ireland. Although Holyhead remained a comparatively small fishing village until around…
Curses and Blessings at the Holy Wells of Anglesey | Bendith a Melltith wrth Ffynhonnau Sanctaidd Môn
The veneration of saints and their holy wells has a long tradition across Wales. The wells around Holyhead are no different. Their former use and importance reflects centuries old traditions and changes in attitudes towards life and folk…
St. Columba, Saint and Ship | Sant Columba, Sant a Llong
One of the most fascinating and certainly the largest objects on display at the Museum is the Franta Belsky mural that once graced the Forward Lounge on the Holyhead ship MV St. Columba.
The vessel was named after the 6th Century Irish monk who…
An RNLI Gold Medal Rescue | Medal Aur yr RNLI am Achub
The Duke of Northumberland lifeboat was revolutionary in that she used water jets instead of propellers. Water was drawn in through the forward section of hull and forced out at great pressure through the vents in the side of the boat. This made it…
The Mermaid's Purse | Pwrs y Fôr-forwyn
Gillian has put a little mistake in this poem! Listen carefully. Can you spot what it is? What word would you use instead?
“C’mon, we’ll go down The Mermaid and collect some firewood on the way.”
They’re my Grandma’s words. She lived in…
The Welsh Chapel in Dublin, 1838 to 1939
The Welsh chapel is a story that connects Dublin with Anglesey.
In the 1830s, Calvinistic Methodists in north Wales decided to build a chapel in Dublin, mainly for visiting Welsh sailors. The Calvinistic Methodists, who were later known as the…
Wordsworth on the Holyhead Road | Wordsworth ar y Ffordd i Gaergybi
‘What dreadful weather!’ Dorothy Wordsworth exclaimed on 28 August 1829. She had ‘a hundred fears’ because her brother William was going to cross the Irish Sea from Holyhead the following night.As they would soon find out, ‘three vessels had been…