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    Gorsedd Cymru (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌɡɔrsɛð ˈkəmrɨ, ˌɡɔrsɛð ˈkəmri]), or simply the Gorsedd (Welsh: yr Orsedd), is a society of Welsh-language poets,...
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  • Look up gorsedd or gorseddau in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gorsedd (plural Gorseddau) normally refers to: Gorsedd Cymru, community of Welsh bards...
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    Gorsedd stones (Welsh: Cerrig yr Orsedd) are groups of standing stones constructed for the National Eisteddfod of Wales. They form an integral part of...
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    Gorsedh Kernow (Cornish Gorsedd) is a non-political Cornish organisation, based in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which exists to maintain the national Celtic...
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    Ovizion Breizh) is the national gorsedd of Brittany ("Breizh" in Breton). It often has delegates from the Welsh gorsedd and Gorsedh Kernow in Cornwall...
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    Gorsedd is a village in Flintshire, Wales, in the community of Whitford, with a population of 391 in the 2011 census. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report...
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  • The "Druid's Prayer" (Welsh: Gweddi'r Derwydd) or "Gorsedd Prayer" (Gweddi'r Orsedd) is a prayer composed by Iolo Morganwg which is still a staple in...
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  • giant's body, the ground burned away, exposing the coal. The Rhymney Valley Gorsedd Stones are located above Bryn Bach park, Tredegar on the site of the 1990...
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    Wynne Evans (category Bards of the Gorsedd)
    celebrities Behnaz Akhgar and Omar Hamdi. Evans was made a member of the Gorsedd of the Bards of Wales in 2012 and an Honorary Fellow of the University...
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  • 'The Cambrian Adelboden' in the Swiss Alps. Williams was honoured by the Gorsedd of the Bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales 2013 festival in his home...
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    had always been the heir apparent. In 1946, she was inducted into the Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Elizabeth went on her first...
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    Matthew Rhys (category Bards of the Gorsedd)
    druidic order of the Gorsedd of the Bards for his contributions to the Welsh language and Wales. His bardic name in the Gorsedd is Matthew Tâf. In August...
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    by the London-based Gwyneddigion Society. It was later co-opted by the Gorsedd Cymru, a secret society of poets, writers, and musicians founded by Iolo...
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    the title of bard. The members of Gorsedd promoted Breton culture either in the sections of the URB, or in the Gorsedd itself. This produced the Ti Kaniri...
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    I. The garden was originally known as Druidical Gardens, but the name Gorsedd Gardens was later adopted. The 2 acres (0.81 ha) garden has as its centrepiece...
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    (Welsh: Archdderwydd) is the title used by the presiding official of the Gorsedd. The Archdruid presides over the most important ceremonies at the National...
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    Cân (1621), a metrical translation of the Psalms into Welsh. When the Gorsedd was first invented by Iolo Morganwg in 1792 it was split into four regions...
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    Hutton, a historian of paganism, is skeptical. Rhiannon first appears at Gorsedd Arberth, an ancestral mound near one of the chief courts of Dyfed. Pwyll...
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    Iolo Morganwg (category Bards of the Gorsedd)
    on Welsh culture, notably in founding the secret society known as the Gorsedd, through which Iolo Morganwg successfully co-opted the 18th-century Eisteddfod...
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    scholars. Williams said that he had collected ancient knowledge in a "Gorsedd of Bards of the Isles of Britain" he had organized. While bits and pieces...
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    awarded in colourful and dramatic ceremonies under the auspices of the Gorsedd of Bards of the Island of Britain, complete with prominent figures in Welsh...
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    Mary Hopkin (category Bards of the Gorsedd)
    Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950), credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti from her marriage to Tony Visconti, is a Welsh singer best known for her 1968...
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    Ioan Gruffudd (category Bards of the Gorsedd)
    Arthur (2004). Gruffudd, a native Welsh speaker, was inducted into the Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain (the Bardic Order of Great Britain) at the highest...
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    permanent stone circles used by the Gorsedd of Bards during Eisteddfodau. The original circle stands in Gorsedd Gardens in front of the National Museum...
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    this flag was dropped in favour of the current flag at the urging of the Gorsedd of Bards. Today the flag can be seen flying from the Senedd in Cardiff...
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    pre-Christian religion of Wales (not to be confused with the Druids of the Gorsedd at the National Eisteddfod of Wales). Approximately one third of the population...
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    by Archdruid Meirion Evans [cy] and 30 members of the Gorsedd Cymru in order to revive the Gorsedd Y Wladfa in a ceremony held in a specially constructed...
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    for the creation of the modern Gorsedd. In 1905 his portrait was painted by Christopher Williams wearing his Gorsedd robes as Archdruid. He married Mrs...
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    1838 until 1939). Some early pan-Celtic contacts took place through the Gorsedd and the Eisteddfod, while the annual Celtic Congress was initiated in 1900...
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    the Welsh survive, but others have been lost. In 2015 a project called Gorsedd y Cwmwl emerged, aimed at restoring the original name of the Trono de las...
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