Results for subject term "Fishguard": 28
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Ein Hanes | Our History
Ein Hanes/Our History is a collection of memories and memorabilia that offers visitors a glimpse into the story of the Twin Towns. It’s located in Fishguard Square, occupying the premises of an old shop two doors up from the Town Hall and Last…
Welcome to the Mauretania
Welcome to the Mauretania
J. D. Symmonds
Thrice welcome, Mauretania,We hail thee, kindly seer,Who speaks of Fishguard's futureIn accents loud and clear;From down the midnight shadows Where towns have not a name, She mounts up now to noonday Among…
Fishguard Bay Boat Tours
While international travel was on a go-slow during the Covid19 restrictions, attention turned to local tourism opportunities, particularly to places of natural beauty such as the North Pembrokeshire coastline.
After some pandemic-related delays,…
Fishguard and Goodwick Through Time | Abergwaun ac Wdig dros y Blynyddoedd
With images and articles ranging from shipping, built heritage and everyday life to suffragettes and twentieth-century film history, the Fishguard and Goodwick Local History website has it all.
Here, we provide a snapshot of the much deeper dive…
This is the Sea, Part I | Dyma'r Môr, Rhan I
There is a song by the folk rock band The Waterboys called ‘This is the Sea’. It concerns the changes in life, using the sea as a metaphor: Once you were tethered, Now you are free, That was the river, This is the sea. For some reason I had those…
The works of Richard Fenton, Part I | Gweithiau Richard Fenton, 1af rhan
During the 1790s Richard Fenton was busy touring his native Pembrokeshire and gathering material for his Historical Tour of Pembrokeshire, published in 1811 to highly positive reviews. This enormous work, beginning and ending in Fishguard, contains…
The works of Richard Fenton, Part II | Gweithiau Richard Fenton, 2il ran
Richard Fenton (1747-1821), travel writer, poet, lawyer and antiquarian, was a significant Welsh cultural figure who lived in Fishguard from 1793. One of his most influential publications was an edition of the writings of the Tudor historian George…
The Science of Clouds | Gwyddor Cymylau
Dr Moffett's work has been published widely in scientific journals, and he regularly holds tours and sessions in Fishguard with visitors of all ages. Here he outlines his work and the groundbreaking findings from research carried out on Fishguard's…
Remembering the 200th Anniversary of the French Invasion | Cofio 200 Pen Blwydd Glaniad y Ffrancod
Well, in the period leading up to the anniversary, our children were young. Carys was born in 1990 and Iwan in ’93. So when the possibility arose to help out with the creation of the Tapestry, my hands were full and I was, unfortunately, not able to…
Picturing the Battle of Fishguard | Portreadu Brwydr Abergwaun
On 22 February 1797, the locals in the area around Fishguard and the Pencaer Peninsula remarked that for a day in winter it was an uncommonly fine and warm morning. Little did they know that this day would be marked down in the history books less…