Trefdraeth i Abergwaun Arfordir Cymru
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-The Irish, Norse, French and English -have all left their mark... | 0:00:09 | 0:00:15 | |
-..on place names -along this incredible coast. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
-Archaic, poetic Welsh names -have remained... | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
-..incorporating legends -and wider influences. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
-This is the Pembrokeshire coast. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
-This week we're in pursuit -of place names along the coast... | 0:00:35 | 0:00:40 | |
-..between Newport and Fishguard, -a distance of 13 miles. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
-Stepping stones were the main access -route to Newport from the north... | 0:00:49 | 0:00:54 | |
-..until the current bridge -was built in 1891. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
-An earlier bridge was destroyed -during the Black Death. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
-People believed the plague -came from North Wales. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
-I'd better be careful! | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
-Newport is known locally as Tudraeth -(Trefdraeth) in Welsh. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:24 | |
-It translates to -'town on the beach' in English. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
-The prehistoric hill fort that -overlooks the town is Carn Ingli... | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
-..meaning Angel Mountain... | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
-..where Saint Brynach -came to commune with the angels. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
-I don't know about angels, but -a multitude of tourists flock here. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
-Llwyd Williams says -it's easy to tell the difference... | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
-..between Trefdraeth children -and London children. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:56 | |
-"London children -look down on the water... | 0:01:57 | 0:02:01 | |
-"..whereas Trefdraeth children -look across the water. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
-"It's the difference between -a land person and a sea person... | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
-"..a bus driver -and a ship's captain." | 0:02:08 | 0:02:11 | |
-Wynmor Owen -moved to Pembrokeshire 40 years ago. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
-The beaches mountains and cliffs... | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
-..are a constant -source of inspiration as an artist. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
-It's fair to say that that you hail -from a seafaring family, Wynmor. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:43 | |
-Yes, that's true. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
-I was born in Llangrannog -into a family of sailors. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:50 | |
-It continues to be... | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
-..part of me. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
-That painting -is of my grandfather's boat. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
-He's leading his two sons... | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
-..my uncle, Simon, -and my father, Daniel. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
-They are both sheltered -and guided by Ynys Lochtyn... | 0:03:07 | 0:03:12 | |
-..which looks like a long arm -extending out to the open sea... | 0:03:12 | 0:03:17 | |
-..and into the big, wide world. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
-So you've been brought up -hearing these place names... | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
-..echoing around you? | 0:03:25 | 0:03:27 | |
-Yes. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
-I realized early on in life... | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
-..that these names -had made an impact on me. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
-I like hearing names -like Trwyn Troi... | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
-..Carreg Dol y Fran, Carreg y Ty. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
-Those were the names people used -to get their bearings. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:46 | |
-Those names are important to me. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
-Those magnificent names -have had a major impact on me. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
-They're deep within you. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
-Yes, and once they're in there, -they continue to inspire you... | 0:03:56 | 0:04:01 | |
-..and propel you all your life. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
-The names have been expressed -in a very creative way... | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
-..in your works of art. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:11 | |
-Yes, as an artist and a sculptor... | 0:04:11 | 0:04:16 | |
-..when I walk along -the Pembrokeshire Coast Path... | 0:04:17 | 0:04:21 | |
-..where I've lived for 40 years... | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
-..I realize I have a deep -affinity with coastal place names... | 0:04:25 | 0:04:30 | |
-..named after birds, boats, -the sea... | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
-..and the Coast Path. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
-All those elements are interwoven -to make my life very interesting. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:42 | |
-What does the name -add to the slate... | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
-..and what does the slate -add to the name? | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
-Slate has been -an important medium for me... | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
-..because of the fact -that this slate from North Wales... | 0:04:52 | 0:04:57 | |
-..has travelled down the coast... | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
-..on ships that perhaps -my grandfather had sailed on... | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
-..to bring back this treasure. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
-When you go down to the shoreline -just as the day is dawning... | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
-..and you see these words -out in the wild, as it were... | 0:05:13 | 0:05:17 | |
-..Godir y Bwch, -Trwyn Llwyd, Llech Dafad... | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
-..you can almost put yourself -in the shoes of those... | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
-..who coined the names -in the first place. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
-Yes, I've spent many an hour... | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
-..thinking about those people... | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
-..who could study, -take their time... | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
-..contemplate, know -and feel what they were looking at. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:43 | |
-My art must also serve -as a mark of respect for them. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:48 | |
-When you see it all -written on the slate... | 0:05:48 | 0:05:54 | |
-..you come to realize... | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
-..just how much -we have to be proud of. | 0:05:56 | 0:06:01 | |
-To the west of the main beach, -past Parrog and Aber Step... | 0:06:08 | 0:06:12 | |
-..and we arrive at Aber Rhigian. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
-In order to reach Aber Rhigian, you -must walk though a wooded dale... | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
-..called Cwm Rhigian. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
-Rhigian has many meanings - it may -have derived from hugan (cloak)... | 0:06:27 | 0:06:32 | |
-..or the Welsh word for a gannet. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
-But the real meaning -is likely to be a lot less romantic. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
-The stream is called gian. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
-It's likely that Rhigian -is a combination of rhiw (hill)... | 0:06:41 | 0:06:45 | |
-..and the personal name Cian, -meaning Cian's hill. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:49 | |
-The gravel -is all the colours of the rainbow. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:55 | |
-There are stones here -from all over Pembrokeshire... | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
-..as well as some from Scotland -which were carried in a glacier... | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
-..some 15,000 years ago. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
-Like the Irish and the Vikings... | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
-..they have left their names -along the coastline... | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
-..but it's a geological legacy -that the Scots left behind. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
-A mile further along is -Cwm yr Eglwys and Eglwys Brynach... | 0:07:24 | 0:07:29 | |
-..or rather its remains. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:31 | |
-Locals say -that the stormy sea bares its teeth. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
-In October 1859, those teeth -gnawed at this small church... | 0:07:43 | 0:07:48 | |
-..consuming its roof and walls. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
-20 years later, -the rector was still complaining... | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
-..that the cemetery was receding and -bodies were being swept out to sea. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:01 | |
-It was a storm like no other. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
-A total of 135 ships -have sunk off the British Isles. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
-800 people lost their lives. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
-The level of the sea -rose by four foot in Liverpool. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
-The wind was the most powerful -it had ever been. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
-On the same night, -100 miles away from here... | 0:08:22 | 0:08:27 | |
-..the Royal Charter ran aground -off the Anglesey coast... | 0:08:27 | 0:08:32 | |
-..and 450 people drowned. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
-Very little of the ship remains. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
-This wall is the only thing -that remains of this quaint church. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:41 | |
-It stands as a memorial... | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
-..or testament -to the sheer power of the sea... | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
-..when it bares its teeth. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
-Years ago, -Wales was divided into hundreds... | 0:09:00 | 0:09:04 | |
-..meaning -an area of around 100 homes. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
-Ynys Dinas -is situated in the Cemais hundred. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
-Richard Fenton -recorded the traits... | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
-..of all Pembrokeshire's hundreds... | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
-..in A Historical Tour -Through Pembrokeshire 200 years ago. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:21 | |
-Fenton's accounts -may not all be true... | 0:09:27 | 0:09:30 | |
-..but he made -a valuable contribution... | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
-..in the way he documents place -names and his description of locals. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:38 | |
-He refers to the residents -of the Cemais hundred... | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
-..as kind people, even though -they weren't very erudite! | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
-Fenton isn't the only one -with a colourful perspective. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
-There are -many strange tales about the area. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
-The archaic name for Ynys Dinas... | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
-..was Ynys Bach Y Llyffan Gawr. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
-There's also another place -called Tre' Llyffant. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
-Legend has it that a man -was eaten alive by a knot of toads. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:11 | |
-George Owen, -Lord of Cemais centuries ago... | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
-..associates this place... | 0:10:14 | 0:10:16 | |
-..with Tre' Llyffant -and Ynys Bach Llyffan Gawr. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
-I shan't hang around here too long! | 0:10:19 | 0:10:23 | |
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-Our pursuit of place names -along the coast continues... | 0:10:37 | 0:10:41 | |
-..as we leave -the quaint pub of Pwll Gwaelod... | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
-..and head south towards Abergwaun. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
-On the way -is Aber (estuary) Bach (small). | 0:10:53 | 0:10:56 | |
-Although the estuary is small, -that isn't the meaning of the name. | 0:10:56 | 0:11:01 | |
-It was originally called -Aber Gwrach (witch). | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
-Nearby -is a farm called Tre'r Wrach... | 0:11:04 | 0:11:07 | |
-..and a small stream -called Afon Gwrach... | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
-..marking the border between Dinas -and our next stop, Fishguard. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:14 | |
-Abergwaun means the town -on the mouth of the River Gwaun. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:22 | |
-Fishguard -is derived from the Norse... | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
-..meaning a yard to keep fish. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:27 | |
-The town is divided into two areas - -the new town and the Lower Town... | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
-...which developed -around the harbour. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:36 | |
-Cwm Abergwaun is commonly -referred to as Lower Town... | 0:11:36 | 0:11:41 | |
-..but many years ago, this idyllic -place was called Capel Llanfihangel. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:46 | |
-It was also the setting -for Dylan Thomas's Llareggub... | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
-..when Under Milk Wood was -filmed here, starring Ryan Davies... | 0:11:54 | 0:11:58 | |
-..Elizabeth Taylor, -Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
-As if that wasn't enough... | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
-..it was the setting -for the famous whale, Moby Dick... | 0:12:06 | 0:12:10 | |
-..when a film crew came here -to shoot Melville's 1955 novel... | 0:12:10 | 0:12:15 | |
-..featuring film star Gregory Peck. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
-I hope Moby Dick -doesn't show up today... | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
-..as I join two sailors, -John Harries... | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
-..and former headmaster Alun Davies, -who's passionate about place names. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
-You were brought up in -these wonderful surroundings, Alun. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:40 | |
-Yes, it's beautiful, -especially on a day like today. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:44 | |
-It's a pity there are -so many clouds above our heads. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:48 | |
-You've spent your life -sailing around these shores. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
-I've heard -there are pretty names here. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
-Take the coast behind us, -for example. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
-An archaic name for a slope -going down to the sea is godir. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
-There's Godir y Golomen, -Godir Tudur... | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
-..Godir Hywel. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:07 | |
-Godir y Bwch. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
-There's an interesting story -behind that name. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
-Years ago, people used to live -very close to the coastline... | 0:13:13 | 0:13:17 | |
-..in small cottages. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
-They kept goats and sheep -on these slopes beside the sea. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:24 | |
-That's the origin of the name, -Godir y Bwch (Billy Goat's Slope). | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
-Have many of the names -changed or disappeared? | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
-Yes. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
-I remember being on the -parish council back in the 1980s... | 0:13:34 | 0:13:39 | |
-..when the Ordnance Survey -pathfinder maps were introduced. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:44 | |
-I looked at them and I couldn't -believe what I was reading. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:48 | |
-Pig Bened in the distance behind us -was called Bennett's Peak. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:54 | |
-Lewis Morris -refers to it as Pig Bened. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:57 | |
-How does a name like Pig Bened... | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
-..end up -becoming Bennett's Peak on a map? | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
-They probably -met a newcomer to the area... | 0:14:04 | 0:14:07 | |
-..who had spoken -to someone locally... | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
-..and then translated it literally. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:16 | |
-I wrote a letter and phoned the OS. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:19 | |
-They admitted speaking to someone -and that's how the name came about. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:25 | |
-Really? | 0:14:25 | 0:14:27 | |
-Yes. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:28 | |
-I wrote to them and told them -what the name used to be... | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
-..and that it went back to -Lewis Morris' time, maybe earlier... | 0:14:32 | 0:14:37 | |
-..but they -haven't changed it to this day. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
-It's down as The Bennett. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
-Dozens of names disappear. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
-How do you feel when you -see these names being changed? | 0:14:47 | 0:14:51 | |
-Does it anger you? | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
-There are no words -to describe the way I feel. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
-It drives me mad, to be honest. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
-It really does. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
-I've been born and bred -in this county. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:08 | |
-It doesn't make a jot -of difference to incomers... | 0:15:08 | 0:15:13 | |
-..what our culture is all about... | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
-..or what our history -and our language is all about. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:22 | |
-All they're concerned about -is their own little space. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:27 | |
-How can the situation be resolved? | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
-I've come to the conclusion -that we need legislation. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:34 | |
-If new maps are being created... | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
-..the people responsible -must ensure... | 0:15:37 | 0:15:42 | |
-..that they retain the old names... | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
-..because there's a story -behind every name. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:50 | |
-With so much maritime trade -in Lower Town... | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
-..the shipping industry -was well supported. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
-The rope making business flourished -in the 18th century... | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
-..and left its mark on place names. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:16 | |
-A large sailing boat -would require 20 miles of rope... | 0:16:19 | 0:16:25 | |
-..and another 20 miles in reserve -to maintain the rigging. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:29 | |
-Before the advent of steam engines, -it was all made by hand. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:34 | |
-They must've had -skin like leather years ago. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
-There's no point having rope -if you can't make a knot in it. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:50 | |
-There are Welsh names -for all the knots. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
-This is llinglwm, a reef knot. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
-Cwlwm rhedeg, slip knot. | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
-Cwlwm y morwr, sailor's knot. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
-And this is the bowline.. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
-..or cwlwm dolen in Welsh. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
-Vocabulary -is important to Hedydd Hughes... | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
-..a local who's led a project -on Pembrokeshire dialect... | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
-..with the language initiative. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:24 | |
-What was the project's aim? | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
-It was to take a fresh look -at Pembrokeshire's dialect. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:31 | |
-People have already -studied the dialect... | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
-..and have done great work -in the past... | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
-..but we're living -in a digital age now... | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
-..and it's now possible -to record new material... | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
-..which brings it right up to date. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
-The younger generation aren't using -the same vocabulary as us... | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
-..and our ancestors. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:56 | |
-It's important to work -with young people in particular. | 0:17:56 | 0:18:00 | |
-In terms of -studying vocabulary and dialect... | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
-..what methods did you use? | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
-For years I'd been recording -people's voices on cassettes... | 0:18:06 | 0:18:10 | |
-..and kept them safe... | 0:18:10 | 0:18:13 | |
-..but we're implementing -different methods now. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
-You can record people digitally now -and share it with others. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:21 | |
-What do you have -on these old cassettes? | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
-All kinds - -cymanfaoedd ganu since 1977. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:29 | |
-My grandmother, auntie and uncle. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:31 | |
-Radio programmes from the 1980s. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
-It's important -to make a recent recording... | 0:18:35 | 0:18:38 | |
-..because they don't last forever. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:40 | |
-Are there recordings of this area's -dialect on these cassettes? | 0:18:40 | 0:18:45 | |
-Yes, on one of them, for example, -an old neighbour of ours... | 0:18:46 | 0:18:51 | |
-..explains the meaning -and derivation of place names... | 0:18:51 | 0:18:55 | |
-..along the small coast -of Lower Town. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
-There's Pen Cowrw, Carreg Tomos, -Carreg Coffin. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
-There's a meaning and a history -behind all those names. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:06 | |
-There's another trait... | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
-..of naming residents after -the villages in which they live. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:12 | |
-There's Cwn Treletert. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
-What's the other? Let me check. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
-Shilgots Trewyddel, -Bwchod y Dinas... | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
-..Gwylanod Pencaer. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
-Inland, people are named after -birds or animals - Meirch Mathry. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:27 | |
-Those are -agricultural names, of course. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
-As for coastal dwellers, -I'm a Sgadan Abergwaun... | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
-..which is a maritime term -and one of many. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
-In a seaside town such as this, -there are also foreign influences. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:43 | |
-Yes, indeed. There's a strange -street in the town called Hottipass. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:48 | |
-It comes from the French, haute -pass, or Y Feudir Uchel in Welsh. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:53 | |
-Which translates -to high path in English. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
-Then there's Park y Shut... | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
-..which is a narrow street. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:02 | |
-I think la chute... | 0:20:03 | 0:20:04 | |
-..means a fall or a drop. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
-There are foreign influences -on the names... | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
-..because Fishguard -was an important harbour years ago. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:16 | |
-Fishguard Harbour isn't situated -in Fishguard but in Goodwick. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:34 | |
-It's not only ships -that leave the harbour. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
-Pen Dinas is the setting -for an annual rowing race... | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
-..attracting hundreds of rowers, -who set off from Goodwick beach. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:46 | |
-Like Fishguard, it's believed the -name Goodwick is of Norse origin. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:51 | |
-The Welsh form, Wdig, -is derived from Pwll Gwddig... | 0:20:51 | 0:20:55 | |
-..since the Wddig was the name of -the river that flowed into the bay. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:59 | |
-In this instance, at least, -the Welsh overpowered the Vikings. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:04 | |
-Despite their enjoyment, I'm sure -today's rowers are hoping... | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
-..that the race -doesn't overpower them. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
-The boats' design -emulates the Irish coracle... | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
-..that was discovered -on Ramsey Island in the late 1970s. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
-It's a prime example of -Pembrokeshire's ties with Ireland. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:27 | |
-The French invasion of Fishguard -in 1797 is famous. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:31 | |
-But in Weun Wdig, -the Welsh fought against each other. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:37 | |
-It was here that Trehaearn -ap Caradog, King of Gwynedd... | 0:21:40 | 0:21:45 | |
-..fought against Rhys ab Owain, -King of Deheubarth in 1078. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:51 | |
-Trehaearn sent his soldiers -to this exact spot in Pembrokeshire. | 0:21:56 | 0:22:00 | |
-But Rhys ab Owain wasn't about -to surrender his territory. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:04 | |
-He invested his entire wealth -into the campaign. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
-He met his enemy in Goodwick. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
-But his efforts were in vain. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:13 | |
-Rhys ab Owain -had to flee for his life. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
-It's -an incredibly complicated story... | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
-..with Rhys ab Owain's cousin making -a pact with another Welshman... | 0:22:20 | 0:22:25 | |
-..to allow an army of Irishmen -and Danes to land in St David's... | 0:22:26 | 0:22:31 | |
-..to overpower his compatriot. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
-Thankfully, relations -between North and South Wales... | 0:22:34 | 0:22:39 | |
-..are much better nowadays. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
-I'm glad to leave Weun Wdig -and the site of the bloody battle... | 0:22:42 | 0:22:46 | |
-..as I look out across the waves. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:49 | |
-The rowers disappear -beyond Ynys Bach Llyffan Gawr... | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
-..and the ferry -prepares to set sail. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
-I'm glad vessels are no longer used -to transport soldiers from Ireland. | 0:22:56 | 0:23:01 | |
-Nowadays, they are carrying -peace-loving passengers to Rosslare! | 0:23:02 | 0:23:07 | |
-I'm reminded -of one of Pembrokeshire's sayings. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
-Man is like a flowing river - -always moving, never still. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
-S4C Subtitles by Adnod Cyf. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
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